The energy shield that seperated the human colonists from the Scay'Ger, an indigenous life-form, has shut-down and human viruses has now mutated the Scay'Ger into savage and blood-thirsty monsters. As the commander of an elite squad of space marines, it is your job to halt the enemy attacks and evacuate the remaining colonists.

The battles are fought within the buildings of Scay Hallwa, the dark and brooding colony city, in both a turn-based tactical mode and a real-time 3D environment.

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Alternate Titles

"Incubation: Космодесант" -- Russian title
"Incubation: Battle Isle Phase Vier" -- German title
"Incubation: Battle Isle Phase Four" -- UK title
"Incubation: Battle Isle Faza Czwarta" -- Polish title
"Battle Isle 4: Incubation" -- Informal Name

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Difficult but satisfying	Alex Z (403)
Sci-fi turn based squad level tactical combat	blefuscu (424)

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The Press Says

Mega Score	Nov, 1997	96 out of 100	96
OK PC Gamer	Jan, 1998	94 out of 100	94
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	A-	91
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Nov 28, 1997		90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 1997	89 out of 100	89
PC Jeux	Oct, 1997	86 out of 100	86
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1997		80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan, 1998		70
Computer Games Magazine	1997		70
GameSpot	Nov 05, 1997	6.6 out of 10	66

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Trivia

Engine

Incubation: Time is Running Out uses an improved version of the engine used in Blue Byte's Extreme Assault, a helicopter game.

Free add-on disc

At the beginning of 1998 Blue Byte put special stickers on all boxes of Incubation: Time is Running Out that were still available at retail outlets. These stickers, together with the registration card could be send in to the developer in exchange for an add-on cd which was released on April 17, 1998. This add-on cd contained all three previously released level packs, the x-mas levels and another pack of additional missions as well as trailers, patches and demos to Blue Byte games and standalone demos to both this game and Incubation: The Wilderness Missions.

German version

The German version features no blood effects.

Limited Edition

The game was also released in a limited edition, which included a bonus disc called Incubation: Hidden Worlds and a soundtrack CD, featuring music from Incubation: Time is Running Out, Archimedean Dynasty and Extreme Assault. The Hidden Worlds CD collected all the free extra levels that Blue Byte had made available on their website (seven levels in total), as well as three extra, exclusive levels: Subterranean, Tract Sphere and Imperium Post. All these levels were playable through the game's Instant Action mode.