Publisher META Publishing has announced the early access launch date for *Blind Descent*, developed by Pokuch, and released a teaser trailer.
Early Access Set to Begin on December 2
The game, which has reportedly been in development for over seven years and has had a Steam store page since 2022, will now enter Early Access on December 2, 2026.
The game’s specifications, features, and details regarding Early Access are as follows.
Game Specifications and Features
Genre: A first-person, open-world survival adventure supporting single-player and online co-op for up to four players.
Setting: The game is set in the deep, unexplored underground of Mars in the year 2071, where both the environment and its wildlife pose a grave threat.
Story Background: At the “Marsborn Mining Company,” whose primary business is mining on Mars, contact was lost with an advance team that had been conducting a reconnaissance mission to develop a new mining area, and they went missing.
Objective: As a veteran employee of the company, the player sets out to search for the advance party, but along the way, an accident occurs in the elevator descending into the underground, resulting in casualties.Faced with the loss of communication with headquarters, only a handful of survivors remaining, and a dangerous, unknown environment all around, the player must uncover the truth behind the advance team’s disappearance and strive to return to the surface.
Perhaps the game’s most distinctive feature is the choice of how to adapt to the environment: Faced with a dangerous environment and enemies, it is up to the player to decide whether to adapt scientifically while maintaining their humanity using crafted tools and equipment, or to abandon their humanity and adapt biologically by becoming part of the surrounding ecosystem.According to previously released information, the upgrade system for the latter approach involves genetic-level changes, resulting in superhuman abilities, including the ability to run on walls.
The game features standard survival-crafting elements, such as resource gathering and base building.
About Early Access
Duration: The current plan is for the Early Access period to last less than one year. There is a possibility of extension.
Initial State: All game mechanics will be playable from the start of Early Access. The story will be incomplete.
Price: Undecided at this time, though the price may increase upon official release.
"Blind Descent," a title drawing attention from fans of survival-crafting games, is aimed at PC and is scheduled to be released first as an Early Access title on the Epic Games Store, GOG, and Steam. Japanese language support is also listed as planned.
