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The game was released in early access on Steam on 4 January 2021, and was fully released on Steam on 15 June 2021. [10] Reviews were largely positive, with many reviewers appreciating the game's unique presentation, design, and combination of different mechanics and themes.
On October 22, Descendent Studios released an early access, multiplayer-only version of the game on Steam, with a single-player campaign being in development and due after the early access phase. [3] Descendent Studios pulled the game from Steam in September 2017 to speed up its development, as well as add a single-player mode.
Early access, also known as alpha access, alpha founding, paid alpha, or game preview, is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can purchase and play a game in the various pre-release development cycles, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game.
Before the game's release on 9 November, over 1.2 million players had accessed the game by buying either the premium edition of the game or the premium add-ons bundle as an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, with Video Games Chronicle estimating gross revenue between $54 million and $118 million before release. [54] The game also reached #1 on the ...
The addition of Greenlight and Direct has accelerated the number of games present on the service, with almost 40% of the 19,000 games on Steam by the end of 2017 having been released in 2017. [379] Before Greenlight, Valve saw about five new games published each week.
The Beta Weekend was released on Steam on February 11, 2021 and lasted until February 15, 2021. [2] Later, it was released on Steam Early Access program on August 26, 2021. [3] [4] The game left early access after about 10 months and received its full release with the 1.0 version on May 16, 2022 for PC and Google Stadia. [5]
In the game, four players have the ability to turn into objects in order to evade the fifth player, a killer who is taken to catch and prevent their escape. An open beta period on Steam lasted between October 15 and October 18, 2021, before the game's full release on December 1. The game was shut down on January 22, 2024.
According to their website, the developers were aiming for a release in the third quarter of 2016. [citation needed] However, on 4 June 2016, the game's cancellation was announced on its Twitter account. [4] On 22 August 2016, the game's creator, Christian Kesler, announced that he would resume developing the game, once again working by himself.