The Great Flood Kickstarter Begins for Meta Quest Mixed-Reality Strategy Game

The Great Flood, a mixed-reality real-time strategy game in development for Meta Quest, has opened a Kickstarter campaign. LingVision Games and SoulFire Studio Team are aiming to raise $10,000, with the campaign scheduled to run from October 8 through November 5, 2026.

The project is planned as a free-to-play release for Meta Quest in Q4 2026. Its crowdfunding effort arrives as the development teams say the game's fundamental mechanics and overall design are in final testing. Funds raised are intended to support the final push toward launch, marketing activity, and efforts to establish a player community around the game.

At its core, The Great Flood is designed around tactical battles that blend real-time strategy conventions with Meta Quest mixed reality. Players will assemble a roster-based force built from mythological characters, then use that lineup in competitive and cooperative-style encounters against either artificial intelligence or other players. The announced modes include both PvE and PvP play, with 1v1 and 2v2 matches planned.

A tabletop-scale strategy premise for mixed reality

Mixed reality has become an increasingly interesting space for strategy concepts because it can let a game's battlefield occupy a player's physical environment. Rather than placing every action inside a completely virtual setting, a mixed-reality title can position game elements in and around the room visible through a Quest headset. The Great Flood is being positioned within that category, bringing squad placement, defensive construction, and rapid tactical adjustments into that format.

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The developers have described the game as a tactical RTS rather than a broad empire-building experience. That distinction matters for expectations. The details announced so far point to matches centered on selected heroes, units, spells, deployment decisions, and changing battlefield conditions, instead of lengthy resource-management sessions or a large-scale single-player campaign.

Players will create a team consisting of two heroes alongside eight units or spells. Each selection is intended to bring distinct battlefield traits, making squad composition a major part of the strategy before a match even begins. The available character pool draws from mythology, including divine figures, deities, and humanoid monsters.

That setup suggests a deck-building or loadout-building layer around the game's real-time combat. Choosing two heroes and a limited set of accompanying units or abilities creates room for players to focus on particular approaches, whether that means defensive positioning, aggressive pressure, spell-based disruption, or combinations between hero traits and supporting forces. Specific factions, individual characters, and balance systems have not been detailed.

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Heroes, units, spells, and defensive towers

The Great Flood's announced match flow includes deploying teams, adapting tactics during combat, and building defensive towers. Those mechanics place battlefield control at the center of the experience. A player will need to decide when to commit units, where to establish protection, and how to respond when an opponent changes their own plan.

Real-time strategy games often make those choices tense because the situation can evolve before a player has time to perfectly plan every move. In a mixed-reality setting, the developers have an opportunity to make positioning particularly immediate: the play space can turn into a visible tactical arena where players are managing threats, fortifications, and their selected mythological combatants in real time.

However, many important details remain unannounced. There is no outlined progression structure, no confirmed explanation of how in-game credits will work after release, and no full breakdown of PvE content. The game is also planned as free-to-play, but the teams have not provided information on monetization systems beyond the campaign rewards that include in-game credits and cosmetic-style items. Prospective players will likely want to watch for more specifics as testing continues.

The inclusion of both AI and human opponents could give the game distinct entry points for different audiences. PvE battles may offer a place to experiment with hero combinations and tower placement away from competitive pressure, while PvP 1v1 and 2v2 formats could put the emphasis on reaction speed, team construction, and reading an opponent's strategy. The announcement does not say whether all modes will be available at launch.

What the Kickstarter is intended to support

The campaign's $10,000 target is relatively focused. The teams state that the money will go toward final launch work, improved marketing, and growing the game's player base. With the core mechanics and design entering final testing, the campaign is not being framed as an early concept pitch or a request to fund the initial creation of the project.

If the funding target is met, the developers plan to reveal additional stretch goals. No stretch-goal targets or features have been announced yet, so backers currently have no confirmed list of additions that would be tied to funding beyond the initial goal.

Crowdfunding supporters can choose from several reward levels, ranging from a credit acknowledgement to physical collector items and a custom statue. Some tiers also include digital rewards and in-game credit amounts matching the listed pledge value. As with any crowdfunding campaign, potential backers should consider the stated launch plans, the rewards offered, and the project's development status before deciding whether to pledge.

Selected The Great Flood Kickstarter reward tiers

• $5: An early-supporter credit listing.
• $14.99: An exclusive supporter avatar, a credit listing, and $14.99 in in-game credits.
• $29.99: The earlier rewards, $29.99 in in-game credits, plus another exclusive avatar and frame.
• $49.99: The preceding rewards alongside Deluxe Edition DLC, a digital artbook, and the original soundtrack.
• $99.99: The prior rewards, access to the Player Design Council to design a unique card skin, and a limited-edition acrylic stand set.
• $249.99: The preceding rewards, a Collector's Kit containing a plush toy, enamel pin, and blanket, plus an exclusive prestige-grade avatar.
• $499.99: The earlier rewards, a 1:6 custom collector statue, and a personalized thank-you note from the team.

A late-2026 target with testing still underway

The planned Q4 2026 release window gives The Great Flood a relatively short path from the beginning of its Kickstarter campaign to its intended launch. That makes the final-testing stage especially significant. RTS games depend heavily on clear controls, readable information, fair unit interactions, and dependable multiplayer performance; mixed reality adds further expectations around how comfortably and consistently the game works through a headset.

For The Great Flood, the two-hero and eight-unit-or-spell structure may help keep matches comprehensible while still offering strategic variety. A restricted team format can make it easier for players to recognize the purpose of each selection and develop a preferred play style. At the same time, it puts pressure on the roster design. Every hero, monster, deity, unit, and spell needs a clear battlefield identity if players are expected to make meaningful choices between them.

The 2v2 mode is another notable part of the announcement. Team modes can add a layer of coordination not present in one-on-one RTS battles, potentially allowing players to divide defensive and offensive responsibilities or combine complementary squad builds. The precise rules for partners, matchmaking, communication, and victory conditions have not been confirmed.

There is also a practical audience question for the game's launch. Free-to-play multiplayer titles benefit from an active population, particularly when they offer several queues across PvE, 1v1, and 2v2. The developers' stated interest in using Kickstarter funds to help build a player base reflects that challenge. A strategy game can have compelling mechanics, but its competitive side depends on opponents being available and newcomers having room to learn.

What to watch next

The immediate milestone is the Kickstarter campaign, which runs until November 5. Reaching the $10,000 goal would unlock the possibility of stretch-goal announcements, although the content of those potential goals remains unknown. The campaign also offers the first detailed look at how the developers are presenting The Great Flood's audience-facing rewards, from digital cosmetics and credits to high-end physical collectibles.

Beyond the campaign, the most important updates will concern the final game itself: a fuller view of its mythological roster, how its mixed-reality battlefield functions in practice, the distinction between PvE and PvP content, and the systems surrounding its free-to-play model. Players interested in Meta Quest strategy games will also be looking for gameplay footage or further demonstrations that show how unit commands, spells, towers, and mid-match tactical changes translate to headset controls.

For now, The Great Flood is a Meta Quest-focused RTS with a concise crowdfunding goal, myth-inspired squad building, and an ambition to support both solo-facing AI encounters and competitive multiplayer battles. Its Kickstarter is underway, while its planned Q4 2026 launch remains the next major destination for the project.