Cliffhanger Productions has launched its turn-based tactical multiplayer RPG Shadowrun Online via Steam Early Access, giving wannabe deckers and samurai a preliminary look at their dystopian cyberpunk future.

After the result of a rather successful Kickstarter campaign, Shadowrun Online takes place 20 years after the events of last year's Shadowrun Returns. The game builds on the previous storyline with new settings, characters and missions available to players. The developers intend to offer a co-op campaign by the final versions release, with an in-depth PvP component to boot alongside an array of item and character customisation options.

As usual with the Steam Early Access program, Cliffhanger Productions notes that the current version is rather bare on the features planned for release. This is the most basic early access version - it contains four missions and a 1 vs 1 player PvP, but no character creation, progression or anything else yet - this will all come in time," the developer warns. "We want to make sure the basic combat gameplay works well before we pile more features on it."

Shadowrun Online is available at a price tag of $29.99, however it is available at $20.99 thanks to a 30% discount for the first week of sale.