A icy, post-apocalyptic wasteland and a “life-sustaining” practice could evoke Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s movie Snowpiercer, however it’s additionally the premise of developer FakeFish’s newly revealed FPS survival recreation, Frostrail.
In Frostrail, as much as 4 “pilgrims” will cooperate to outlive a frozen apocalypse by gathering important sources and combating “horrifying abominations,” in accordance with a press launch. On the coronary heart of the expertise is the Eden Engine, a practice that serves as gamers’ dwelling base in addition to a cell fortress in opposition to each monsters and mom nature.
Gamers might want to collect objects from exploring exploring underground dungeons and destroyed ruins with a view to craft new instruments, weapons, and gear, all of the whereas battling monsters and surviving the inhospitable chilly. Frostrail’s reveal trailer highlights the sport’s weapon crafting, merchandise scavenging, and FPS battles whereas giving a glimpse on the harsh locales and supernatural foes gamers will probably be pressured to cope with.
The objective of Frostrail, in accordance with lead designer Ez Jämsen in a press launch, is to take the practice far to the north “as an act of penitence and self-preservation,” and “embark on a determined journey alone or with a gaggle the place the threats are excessive, however the expertise is unforgettable.”
Although the premise initially sounds a bit like Snowpiercer, it additionally brings to thoughts 2019’s single player-FPS Metro: Exodus, which additionally revolves round a journey by practice by a post-apocalyptic setting, battling monsters and different determined survivors alongside the best way.
Frostrail will launch on PC in Steam early entry someday in 2026, and is FakeFish’s second recreation following the Finnish studio’s founding in 2014. The group beforehand developed the 2D, co-op submarine simulator Barotrauma, which has offered greater than 3 million copies since its preliminary launch in 2019 and continues to be receiving new content material updates.