Developer Fun Dog Studios has announced a September 24 Early Access release date for their upcoming tactical survival horror shooter The Forever Winter on Steam. The announcement comes in the form of a new trailer, which details what fans can expect during the game’s stay in Early Access.
Priced at $29.99 on launch with a limited-time discount of $27, the Early Access version of The Forever Winter will feature four maps, one work-in-progress map, and five characters to choose from, each with their own play styles. Additional content will be added to the game throughout its stay in the Early Access service.
In The Forever Winter, players are a scavenging survivor, leading a community of like-minded individuals who only want to be left alone. Unfortunately, AI controlled factions like Europa and Eurasia control all of the world’s existing resources, and are at constant war with each other to secure more. This means the player must navigate these battlefields to collect the needed resources for their communities to survive.
Players join up at the community hub where they can buy from vendors selling weapons, pharmaceuticals, and additional gear to prepare for the maze ahead, as well as accept missions or dirty jobs from NPCs and rival factions. Players can spend accumulated resources between sessions to level up health, speed, accuracy and reload speed.
If, however, your squad dies, your run is over. If you fall in battle, you’ll lose everything in your inventory for that session, and have to start over from scratch. To combat this, you can build up a stash back at your base in between sessions in order to keep the upper hand.