Closed Alpha · Build 2507
Play the alpha
Breach Protocol is playable and it is not finished. Both of those are true at once, and this page is about the second one as much as the first.
How to get in
Sign-up is not open yet
There is no download button on this page and no sign-up form, because there is nothing behind either one yet. Builds are currently handed to playtesters directly, and the community channel that will carry the invitations has not been created.
A form that collects your email and drops it would be worse than this page. When sign-up opens it will be announced in the update notes and it will appear here.
Step 1
Get a build
Playtesters receive a Windows or Linux build directly. There is no key, no account creation and no payment — you unzip it and run it.
Step 2
Let the updater do the rest
The game checks its own version at launch and offers you the current build when one is published. You do not need to come back to this site for each update, and you should not be hunting for download links.
Step 3
Report what breaks
Press X in the menu. The report tool attaches your build, platform, graphics
adapter, the map you were on and a screenshot. Steps to reproduce are worth more than
anything else you can send.
What is in the build
Playable now
- Sixteen maps across Multiplayer and Outbreak
- Nineteen operators, with signature gadgets and the operator lock
- Search & Destroy, Secure Area, Terrorist Hunt
- Competitive, Casual, Party and Custom playlists
- Outbreak: Survival, Grief and Turned
- Full progression to level 150, camos, emblems, calling cards and dog tags
- Online matchmaking, plus solo and bot matches
Not finished, and you will notice
- Half the maps are in the vault while they are rebuilt.
- Outbreak has no survivor roster yet — it uses the Multiplayer bodies.
- Audio is mid-rework. Some effects are still synthesised and sound like it.
- Connection can fail on strict networks. Matches are peer-to-peer; relayed matches are on the roadmap.
- Progress may be wiped if how it is stored has to change.
- The interface is being rebuilt, so parts of it will look inconsistent between builds.
Before you install
Platforms
Windows and Linux, 64-bit. No console or mobile build exists.
Graphics
A discrete GPU is strongly recommended. Settings has a quality tier that steps the renderer down for weaker adapters, and a built-in benchmark that tells you where you land.
Disk
Around 1.2 GB per platform download, plus room for the installed build.
What a good playtest report looks like
- Where. The map, the floor, the room. "The cellar stairs on Sundown" beats "the basement".
- What you did. The steps, in order, including the boring ones.
- What you expected, and what happened instead. These are different sentences and both are useful.
- A screenshot, if it is something you can see. The report tool takes one for you.
Geometry problems — a gap you can fall through, a prop floating, a wall you can see past — are especially worth sending. They are easy to miss from the inside and instant to fix once they are pointed at.
One safety note
Breach Protocol is free, and nothing about it is for sale by anybody. There are no alpha keys, no paid access, no account sales and no cosmetics to buy. If you are offered any of those, it is a scam and it is not connected to this project.