▲ Official trailer for 'Three-Body: Eve of Judgment' (Source: Bilibili / 三体审判前夜官方号)
An officially licensed game based on the famous Chinese sci-fi novel 'The Three-Body Problem' has been revealed. Notably, it has drawn attention for confirming that generative AI was used across all in-game cutscenes and story videos.
On October 24, developer Timeline opened the Steam store page for its new title, 'Three-Body: Eve of Judgment'. Set in the universe of Liu Cixin's sci-fi novel 'The Three-Body Problem', the single-player adventure game features video-centered storytelling and a branching narrative shaped by player choices.
The original novel 'The Three-Body Problem' deals with the crisis humanity faces after making contact with an alien civilization. Combining scientific imagination with philosophical questions about human civilization, it gained global popularity and was adapted into a live-action series on Netflix in 2024. Rather than reproducing the entire vast story of the original work, the game focuses its narrative on one of its major events, 'Operation Guzheng'.
The game is set on the eve of the operation. Players take on the role of former special forces member Chen Anjiu and infiltrate 'Judgment Day', a massive ship belonging to the Earth-Trisolaris Organization (ETO)—a group following the alien civilization Trisolaris. Inside the vessel, factions with conflicting ideologies oppose one another, requiring players to investigate their surroundings and collect clues while carrying out a rescue mission. According to the developer, the game offers over 300 minutes of play time, with characters' fates and the story's ending changing based on player choices.
Conflicts within the ship also serve as a core element of the game. The ETO is split into factions with differing stances, ranging from hardliners seeking to judge humanity using the alien civilization, to a faction attempting to transform humanity through alien intervention, to a group prioritizing survival. Players must gather information while concealing their identity among these factions, with choices during dialogue—such as whether to trust or suspect a specific person—affecting subsequent developments. Rather than simply watching a pre-set story, the structure closely resembles an interactive movie where players experience the consequences of their choices.
Particularly notable is the production method. Through the AI-generated content disclosure section on the Steam store, the developer stated that all video content in the game, including cutscenes and story sequences, was created using generative AI. In bringing the original universe to life as video-centric interactive content, generative AI was heavily utilized. 'Three-Body: Eve of Judgment' is scheduled for release on PC via Steam, though a specific release date has not been announced. Currently, Simplified Chinese is the only confirmed supported language.
