From Press Release:
November 20, 2023 – Hooded Horse and Eremite Games are excited to announce that their popular dark fantasy roguelite city-building game Against the Storm will leave early access on December 8, 2023, 13 months after its release on Steam. On top of that, the game is also coming to PC Game Pass!
Against the Storm has seen some significant developments during its early access run, with content updates every two weeks bringing a host of major and minor changes. Two new species were added to the game, including the popular Fox people, and new mechanics in the form of Ancient Seals transformed the endgame. There were also significant reworks to the strategy layer and Blightstorms, not to mention loads of new glade events, buildings, and more.
This update cadence will continue until the full release, with the official 1.0 update including a new mode called “Queen’s Hand” that’s been specially crafted for the most experienced Viceroys.
In this mode, players have only one Cycle to reforge the Adamantine Seal – the game’s most challenging endeavor.
Players will start from scratch and need to be strategic about their upgrade choices – they are an expensive commodity, and in this mode, obtaining a complete set isn’t possible. There is also permadeath – if players abandon a settlement or fail to reforge the Seal in time, all unlocks are reverted, and the whole meta progression resets. Those who emerge victorious will be awarded the title of Queen’s Hand and will be granted a rare audience with the Scorched Queen herself.
Hooded Horse is also excited to announce it’s extending its new partnership with Xbox to bring Against the Storm to the Microsoft store and PC Game Pass to coincide with the 1.0 release.
Against the Storm is localized into German, French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, Turkish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Japanese.
Against the Storm is available in early access for PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store for $29.99 / £24.99 / €29.99 / ¥3,980. It currently holds a 95% “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam with over 14,000 reviews. A press kit is available.
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