Against the Storm: Experimental Branch guide and commands

We are working on Against the Storm in the spirit of community-driven development. We find your feedback extremely valuable, and in some cases, we want to hear your opinion on certain features at a very early stage of development.

The Experimental Branch is an alternate version of the game used to test new features. The new changes are not localized, there may be bugs, and the balance may feel off. The experimental branch has extensive logging and assertions enabled, which means degraded performance. Some art might be missing and some may be placeholder assets.

It has a separate save file from the main release, so your progress on the main branch won’t be overwritten. You will have access to the developer console, but you won’t be able to unlock achievements.

Switching to the Experimental Branch will require you to opt into the Beta branch on Steam. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open Steam
2. Right-click on Against the Storm in your library
3. Select Properties
4. Go to BETAS tab
5. Choose “experimental” from the drop-down list
6. Wait for the game to update the files
7. Launch the game

To switch back to the regular version, please repeat the steps above but choose “None” from the drop-down list in step 5.

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The Experimental Branch on Epic Games Store is a separate product in your library. In order to play it, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Epic Games Store launcher
2. Search for Against the Storm – Experimental Branch
3. Install it
4. Launch Against the Storm – Experimental Branch

If you want to launch the regular version, simply install and launch Against the Storm.

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Switching to the Experimental Branch will require you to configure the Beta channel. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open GOG Galaxy
2. Right-click on Against the Storm (or use the Options button)
3. Select Manage installation
4. Select Configure…
5. In the INSTALLATION tab, click on the drop-down list next to Beta channels
6. Select Experimental
7. Wait for the game to update the files
8. Launch the game

To switch back to the regular version, please repeat the steps above but choose “Disabled” from the drop-down list in step 6.

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The PC Game Pass (Microsoft Store) version of the game doesn’t support the Experimental Branch.

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The Experimental Branch includes a developer console that provides various useful commands.

You can open the console by pressing the ~ key on your keyboard. If, for example, you want to test new changes with a fully leveled-up profile and all content/upgrades unlocked, type the “meta.addAll” command in the console.

We have marked some of the most useful commands with ⭐.

If the id required by command consists of multiple words separated by space, you need to enclose them in quotation marks.

You can also type

in the developer console to get more information about the command.

With all that in mind, you’re ready to play on the Experimental Branch. If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments.

Whenever we release a major Experimental Update, we’ll post the update notes on Steam.

If you have any feedback on what’s in the new Experimental Update, please feel free to share it in the comments section of the Update Announcement or in the #experimental channels on our Discord[discord.gg].

Have fun and may the storm be gentle on you,
Eremite Games