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Lovecraftian Survival Horror Game ‘Underworld Dreams: The False King’ Coming to Steam and Switch This Year [Trailer]
We’re always suckers for Lovecraftian video games, and Drop of Pixel’s upcoming Underworld Dreams: The False King is no exception. Based on Lovecraftian Mythos and Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow, the first game in the Underworld Dreams Anthology is expected later this Spring for Steam and the Nintendo Switch. You can now even play the demo!
Set in the 1980s, Underworld Dreams: The False King tells the story of a man who has tracked his missing brother to a seemingly abandoned building that hides a dark secret behind its walls. The game is meant to be a 3-5 hour experience to “set the tone” for future entries.
As mentioned, the game is based on Lovecraft’s works, alongside Robert W. Chambers’ 1895 book of short stories. The False King aims for a psychological horror take, along with a focus on environmental storytelling. The game also incorporates Survival Horror elements and few save points, so you’ll have to be smart about combat.
And if this tickles your fancy, the second game in the anthology, Underworld Dreams, can also be wishlisted on Steam. Much like the first game, Underworld Dreams is a first-person Survival Horror affair that again takes inspiration from Lovecraft, and is set in the 1980s. Underworld Dreams is expected to launch this Summer.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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