01 · Your first run
Start with Free Play
Learn the machine locally and unranked. No wallet, no arcade credits, no tense conversation with a change machine that has seen things.
Eterra Eterra Arcade · Closed Alpha
The arcade before Day Zero.
Join the public lobby. Apply for the closed build. Play free first. Go ranked when you are ready. Eterra Arcade is a row of nostalgic score chases built one tested machine at a time, which is slower than magic and much faster than pretending.
iPhone and iPad · TestFlight · landscape · iOS 15+. The lobby is public. Builds and ranked access are reviewed by humans in small cohorts; our velvet rope is mostly a spreadsheet.
How the machines work
Learn the cabinet. Then make the cabinet learn your initials.
02 · When the route clicks
Go ranked when ready
Approved testers can claim free Alpha native test assets and arcade credits for eligible ranked runs. They are test-only and have no cash value.
03 · Three initials await
Beat your personal best
An accepted ranked score can replace your old best and appear with optional initials. The leaderboard remembers. Your thumbs may file an appeal.
The Day Minus One route
From curious lurker to one-more-run citizen.
Step 1
Join the public lobby
Step 2
Apply for the closed build
Step 3
Learn in Free Play
Step 4
Take a ranked run
Step 5
Come back for your best
The Day Minus One Community
Get here before getting here was a thing.
Day Zero is launch day. Day Minus One is the useful work before it: cabinet news, feedback, score conversation, and a weekly Cabinet Brief from the people holding the screwdriver. Joining the lobby does not improve application priority or guarantee a Closed Alpha seat. It does make the wait less like waiting alone in a parking lot.
Join the public lobby