Welcome to the Machinery

The Red Shift is a science-fiction role-playing game about capable operators trapped in the machinery of corporate space. The corps own the stations, the shipping lanes, the law—and they own a piece of you.

Your Leverage is the leash that keeps you working: blackmail files, cryo-frozen loved ones, compounding debt, tracking implants, or conditioning so deep you can't remember who you were before.

The question isn't whether you'll take the job. The question is what you're willing to sacrifice to slip the noose.

CORPORATE ACCESS GRANTED

INITIALIZING INTERFACE...

SYSTEM READY

Mission Control

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Adventure Builder

Craft dynamic missions, plot twists, and challenges for your crew. Plan heists, extractions, and morally complex operations in the corporate dystopia.

Launch Builder
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Character Creator

Design your own operator with unique abilities, gear, and backstory. Define your leverage, skills, powers, and the chains that bind you.

Create Character

Why Choose the Red Shift?

Streamlined Dice Pool

Fast-paced action with meaningful choices. Roll handfuls of six-sided dice, counting successes to overcome challenges and survive another day in the cold dark.

Moral Complexity

Every mission is a tightrope walk where success isn't always clear-cut. The mission brief never tells the whole story.

Corporate Dystopia

Navigate a world where corporations own everything and you're just another asset with a price tag. But even assets can rebel.

Player Agency

Your choices matter. Watch your Leverage tick upward with each compromise, each upgrade, each strings-attached support. When will you break?

Join The Red Shift

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Create Your Operator

Use the Character Creator to design your professional operative. Choose your skills, define your leverage, and prepare for the mission ahead.

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Plan Your Mission

Build your first operation with the Adventure Builder. Craft heists, extractions, or morally complex scenarios.

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Gather Your Crew

Find other players, share your characters, and prepare to navigate the treacherous world of corporate space together.

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Survive & Rebel

Take on missions, make impossible choices, and decide what you're willing to sacrifice for a chance at freedom.