Question
What are the key differentiators between the Steam version and the Professional version?
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Answer
The last version available to Steam users is 1.10.4 (released in December 2023). Since then, we have developed a few amazing new features, including:
- Realistic Staff Management System – Since version 1.11, staff management was revamped to reduce upfront cost of staff in return for having to pay staff wages every turn (750$/staff member/turn). If the Blue Team is unable to pay this cost, staff will be laid off (to a minimum of 1 staff). This allows for simulating a more realistic approach to budget management (Blue Team has to manage their spending appropriately or risk losing their staff, reducing their available control implementation throughtput).
- Realistic Red Team Asset Control System – Since version 1.11, the Red Team has to properly manage their control relationships over assets via establishing persistence mechanisms (such as reverse shells) or losing control in a critical moment (due to Blue Team finding and cleaning at least one asset in their pivot chain, for example). This enhances realism and shows how red teams or threat actors would have to manage asset control relationships in the real world.
- IT-Specific Assets and Win Condition – Since version 1.11, we have added assets commonly found in IT environments to simulate IT environments better (Critical Database Server, Critical Financial Server, Web Server, etc.). The Damaged Critical Process win condition supersedes the Damaged Industrial Process win condition and is able to be performed on Critical Database Server and Critical Financial Server assets as well.
- QoL Additions – Over the years, we have added a couple of Quality of Life additions to the UI as well as other functionalities.
New Scenarios In New Environments
With the newly available IT assets at our disposal, we have created new IT industry environments (ex. Crypto Neobank, IT Software Development Company, Call Center) as well as extended our range of available OT industry environments (ex. Bodungen’s Bourbon Distillery, Power Plant, Water Treatment/Pump System)!
We’re committed to releasing at least one new environment monthly as well as to keeping the previously developed environments in quarterly rotation, so that you can experience some of our earlier creations.
What are you waiting for? Buy the Professional Version now!
Originally published February 21, 2025.
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