Olympus 2249 Beginner Guide - Karmic Types, First Steps and Combat

Olympus 2249 is a single-player, turn-based cRPG from Dieselship Studio that launched in Early Access on Oct 6, 2026 for Windows, priced at $19.99 at the time of capture. A beginner does not need a build order for the first session: the two choices the store copy actually documents are your Karmic Type and, later, a peaceful specialization. Everything below is transcribed from that listing, including the gaps it leaves open.

What Olympus 2249 is

The short store description calls it an isometric post-apocalyptic cRPG in a brutal dieselpunk world, and the long description adds single-player, turn-based and post-nuclear. The listing is the only official source here: the app details record has no website field, so there is no developer site to check the wording against.

Store fact	Value
Developer and publisher	Dieselship Studio
Release date	Oct 6, 2026, in Early Access
Price at capture (US)	$19.99, no discount
Platform	Windows
Genres listed	Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access
View	isometric, single-player
Setting	post-nuclear dieselpunk America
Achievements	12
Screenshots and trailers	18 and 1

None of those figures is a projection. The price and the discount move with promotions, and the Early Access answers say the developers plan to raise the price gradually as content grows.

The first decision: your Karmic Type

Your Karmic Type is one of five and shapes the entire playthrough. The copy says you start as a Moralist, an Asshole, or somewhere in between, and that people react to you differently, dialogues change, quests change and opportunities change. Karma shifts with your choices too, which the listing sums up as the person who starts the story not having to be the person who finishes it.

The consequences are described in concrete terms rather than as a reputation bar. Two named examples are a faction that will not take you in and a quest you will never be offered. One character therefore cannot see everything in a single run, and the loss happens in dialogue rather than in a combat stat screen.

How the first fights actually work

Combat is turn-based, and the store copy tells you to take your time. The battlefield itself is a resource, so the order of the opening moves is the part worth knowing before your first encounter.

• Positioning is listed first, before any damage talk.
• A fuel barrel can be kicked toward an enemy and blown up.
• Oil spills can be set ablaze.
• Electricity and traps are named as part of whatever the battlefield hands you.
• Shots can be aimed at arms, legs or the head.
• Stamina is spent on special combat abilities.
• Hard fights are framed as puzzles with more than one correct solution.

Nothing on the listing mentions a turn timer, and the feature list adds Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime and Adjustable Difficulty. A lost fight reads as a puzzle to take apart again rather than as a reflex test.

Peaceful specializations and talking your way through

Your peaceful specialization matters just as much as combat, and there are five to choose from. Each one unlocks new dialogue options and new ways to solve problems, and the short description puts the same idea plainly: fight turn-based battles, or solve problems without firing a shot.

Conversations are built to avoid the usual question menu. The copy promises no endless lists of tell-me-about questions and says every conversation flows like a real one, with the freedom to say exactly what you want. It also warns that this comes back to bite you, and quests are described as built around those skills rather than around killing someone.

What the store page does not say

The gaps matter as much as the facts. No location count, region count, quest count, tutorial structure, total playtime, difficulty tier name or ending count appears anywhere in the listing, so none of them can be quoted here.

The Early Access answers are the one place where the developers state scope: the build already includes all planned systems and the first of three story acts, holds about a quarter of the story, and a playthrough runs around 3 to 7 hours depending on build, playstyle and side quests. The expected Early Access period is roughly 18 to 24 months, and that window may be adjusted.

The combat systems are broken down further on How It Plays, the launch and Early Access status is on Launch and Demo, and the spec tiers are on Setups.