There’s always room for more Lovecraftian video games, and developer Cultic Games and publisher 1C Entertainment are happy to oblige with their upcoming turn-based RPG, Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, which is planned for a September 26th release on Steam.
Drawing directly from the works of H.P. Lovecraft and employing a gorgeously grotesque hand-drawn visual style, Stygian puts you in the 1920s, as you create your own character based on one of eight different archetypes pulled from the pages of cosmic horror history.
From the academic to the occultist, each class has their own unique attributes, skills and belief systems. These belief systems in particular determine how your characters cope with the warped reality of the world around them. This in turn provides players with an open-ended narrative to discover as they attempt to find sense in the mysterious otherworldly happenings that have befallen the town of Arkham.
For those attending this year’s Gamescom, you can stop by 1C’s booth for a chance to get your hands on the game early. For the rest of us, you can wishlist it on Steam.
