Thanatide is a top-down co-op shooter set in a collapsing arcology. A squad of one to four players fights through to an objective and extracts with what it found. A squad that goes down before extracting keeps nothing from that run. Weapons and armor have random stats. A drop gets a rarity first, then a set of affixes, and the item card shows how strong each affix came out. A strong Superior can beat a weak Exotic. THE RUN Threat is chosen before each drop. Higher Threat means tougher enemies and better drops. Extracting saves everything found during the run. THE BUILD Each operator carries a primary, a secondary and a sidearm, along with an armor frame, a skill tree and one field ability. Dozens of weapon chassis span every class, and the rarest only drop at high Threat. Armor frames change how an operator moves as well as how much damage it can take. Items level up and take mods in their sockets, and Reforge rerolls a weak affix to a new value. Spare gear breaks down into ...