BeastLink Wiki — Kaiju Guides, Beasts, Maps & Vehicles

BeastLink enters Steam Early Access on August 18, 2026, developed and published by Grove Street Games. Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 versions are announced but do not yet have a release date. The Early Access build includes three maps, four Beasts, dozens of weapons and vehicles, dedicated servers and character and Kaiju progression, with a 1.0 release planned for around summer 2027.

BeastLink is coming to PC via Steam, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. The Steam Early Access launch on August 18, 2026 is the first playable release, while the console versions are listed as coming soon on both the Xbox and PlayStation stores. Crossplay between platforms has been announced as planned, but the full details of how matchmaking works across ecosystems are expected to be confirmed closer to each platform’s launch.

Serum is the core resource in BeastLink, earned during matches by destroying targets, securing objectives and contributing to your squad across the war-torn city. Once you have amassed enough serum you can spend it to Link with a dormant Kaiju Beast and take direct control of its abilities. Since Early Access is not yet live, the exact earning rates and the fastest farming methods are still being mapped out by the community based on official previews.

The Link system lets a player bond with a dormant Kaiju Beast mid-match using serum they have earned. When you Link, you take control of a colossal Beast with its own unique abilities, dramatically shifting the balance of power on the battlefield. This creates the core three-way asymmetry of BeastLink: humans fight on foot, others support in vehicles, and Linked players rampage as Beasts. The developers stress that the power must be managed, because the same destruction you unleash can also be turned against you.

BeastLink has not yet revealed the official names of its four launch Beasts, so there is no confirmed single strongest Beast. What the developers have shown is a spread of archetypes, from agile aerial hunters to relentless close-range brutes. In our current ranking, aerial hunters dominate open maps where they can strike from above, while close-range brutes excel in dense urban canyons. The strongest pick depends on your squad composition and the map, so treat any tier list as a starting point rather than a final answer.

BeastLink launches with two headline multiplayer modes: Convergence, where squads fight to secure the map while Beasts converge on the objective, and Battle Arena, a direct PvP arena focused on squad fights and Beast-on-Beast showdowns. There is also PvE co-op against AI Beasts and hordes, plus offline tutorial and early single-player missions included in Early Access. Each mode changes how aggressively you should push for serum and when it is worth spending it to Link.

Grove Street Games has announced versions for Steam, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, and crossplay is planned, but the exact implementation details have not been fully confirmed yet. Because the console releases are still coming soon, crossplay between PC and consoles is expected to be clarified closer to those launches. For the Steam Early Access launch on August 18, 2026, online multiplayer runs on dedicated servers and supports co-op and PvP with up to 32 players.

No. Grove Street Games has explicitly stated that Credits will never be available for purchase and that there is nothing pay-to-win in BeastLink. All progression-relevant content is unlocked through play, and the Early Access price will be lower than the full 1.0 price. This design is intended to keep the battlefield fair regardless of how much you spend, so cosmetics and progression stay earnable in-game.

The exact Early Access price for BeastLink has not been publicly listed yet, but Grove Street Games has confirmed the Early Access price will be lower than the full 1.0 release price. The Steam store page is live for wishlisting ahead of the August 18, 2026 launch. As with many Early Access titles, expect the price to rise when 1.0 arrives, so early adopters who wishlist and buy during Early Access generally lock in the lower price.

BeastLink is powered by SuperDestruction, a proprietary fully-networked physics-based destruction system. Maps feature hundreds of thousands of destructible items, so skyscrapers can collapse into new sight lines, bridges can be blown apart, and cover is never permanent. This is central to strategy: infantry can use rubble for cover, vehicles can open lanes through buildings, and Beasts can weaponize the environment itself by toppling towers onto squads. Destruction is fully simulated for all players in a match.