If this mechanic sounds familiar, it may be because Crucible tried to adopt it for its Alpha Hunters mode. You don’t have to fight other players: in fact, if you meet another player you can form temporary alliances with them to help you score more points. You can gets some guns and start hunting for players, or you can just roam around the planet fulfilling contracts and exploring. There are 20 players total in each round, and the gameplay is rather sandbox-y. The players assume the role one of those prospectors, and have 20 minutes to complete as many contracts as possible. A faction of of humans called the Prospectors carry out mercenary contracts on a very dangerous planet called Fortuna III. The Cycle takes place in an alternate reality and universe, where interstellar travel is not only possible but done quite frequently.
