Elroy and the Aliens News

"It's very rare that you get a chance to become part of a story ... and sometimes what you find makes it all worth it." — Peggie Wolfe, Elroy and the Aliens

Friends! 👋

At Motiviti, we began this journey more than a decade ago as a small team with big dreams. Today, we're proud to present to you our hand-drawn adventure game Elroy and the Aliens! 🛸

[h3]🎥 Launch Trailer[/h3]

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[h3]🕹️ Game Features[/h3]

Set in the year 1993, the game follows Elroy, a young rocket engineer haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his archaeologist father. Joined by Peggie, a sharp-witted investigative journalist with a particular knack for languages, Elroy embarks on an odyssey from Slope City to a strange alien planet in search of the truth.

• A story-driven point-and-click adventure game for both modern and classic audiences, set in an altered version of the 1990s with intelligent robots, paranormal activities and an ancient archaeological mystery.
  
• Multiple playable characters.
  
• Intriguing and challenging puzzles.
  
• Story full of mystery, character development, ancient legends, alien language and occasional pop culture references.
  
• Spanning 2 planets, 60 locations and featuring more than 60 characters.
  
• High-resolution, hand-drawn 2D art and animations with an old-school vibe and modern polish.
  
• Fully-voiced characters and original music score for an immersive movie-like experience.
  
• Designed with accessibility in mind with helpful captions for color-based puzzles, subtitles, and different input options.
  
• Approx. 10+ hours of gameplay, depending on your playing style.
  

[h3]⭐ Price + Launch Discount[/h3]

The game is available on Steam for $17.99.

Enjoy a special 10% launch discount during the first two weeks after release!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082190/Elroy_and_the_Aliens/

If you like the game, please consider leaving a review on Steam. It truly helps a lot. 🙏

A sincere thank you to all of you who have been part of this journey and supported us along the way! ❤️

See you in Slope City, and safe travels though the cosmos! 🚀

-Team Elroy

I’ve said it before, but surprises like Elroy and the Aliens are why I still enjoy being a video game critic. I try to stay as on top of interesting and fun-looking games as I can, but I’m only one man, and I can’t know everything. So when an opportunity slides across my desk to review something I’ve heard basically nothing about, it’s always an exciting venture to be surprised—for better or worse.

Elroy and the Aliens is a great game. An old-school point-and-click adventure bolstered by an interesting story and a ton of heart. In a way, it almost feels unbelievable—in this current videogame landscape, you shouldn’t be able to make something like this, let alone have it be half this good. Just more reason to keep an eye on the indie scene. 

The story begins when the titular Elroy meets with a journalist named Peggy Wolfe to show her his new prototype rocket built for commercial travel. However, during the demonstration, a strange electrical discharge causes the rocket... Read more

Hi friends!

Only 5 more days to go until the release of Elroy and the Aliens! A big thanks to all of you who've played the Demo so far and left such amazing reviews. We are truly overwhelmed by your enthusiasm and positivity and can't wait to show you the whole game. ❤️

[h3]🎯 Mark Your Calendars[/h3]

Yes! Elroy and the Aliens is coming to Steam on April 2nd, 2025.
Sharpen your wits and get your clicking fingers warm and ready!
We'll be pushing the release button at: 18:00 CET / 5 pm GMT / 9 am PT / 12 pm ET.

[h3]🎬 Sneak Peek[/h3]

To help make the wait a bit easier, here is a fresh clip taken directly from the game.
Elroy (voiced by Jay Rincon) and Peggie (voiced by Dev Joshi) arrive at Crazy Fred's diner in a desert ghost town. Featuring also: an old banjo, a beaten-up Telecaster, and a rusty slide guitar — the perfect musical backdrop for a dusty desert stop, composed and arranged by Martin Bezjak from Epix Soundworks. 🌵

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[h3]🕹️ What’s in the Game?[/h3]

Set in the year 1993, the game follows Elroy, a young rocket engineer haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his archaeologist father. Joined by Peggie, a sharp-witted investigative journalist with a particular knack for languages, Elroy embarks on an odyssey from Slope City to a strange alien planet in search of the truth.

• A story-driven point-and-click adventure game for both modern and classic audiences, set in an altered version of the 1990s with intelligent robots, paranormal activities and an ancient archaeological mystery.
  
  
• Multiple playable characters.
  
  
• Intriguing and challenging puzzles.
  
  
• Story full of mystery, character development, ancient legends, alien language and occasional pop culture references.
  
  
• Spanning 2 planets, 60 locations and featuring more than 60 characters.
  
  
• High-resolution, hand-drawn 2D art and animations with an old-school vibe and modern polish.
  
  
• Fully-voiced characters and original music score for an immersive movie-like experience.
  
  
• Designed with accessibility in mind with helpful captions for color-based puzzles, subtitles, and different input options.
  
  
• Approx. 10+ hour of gameplay, depending on your playing style.
  

[h3]🛒 Launch Price + Discount[/h3]

The game will be available on Steam for $17.99.

There are so many of you who have been patiently waiting and supporting us through all those years. As a thank you, we're setting up a launch discount of 10% for the first two weeks after release!

Friends, we couldn't have done it without you!❤️
See you in Slope City on April 2nd!

-Team Elroy

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082190/Elroy_and_the_Aliens/

Hey Friends! 👋

Urban, our man responsible for all the visual juiciness in Elroy and the Aliens (a.k.a. Art Director), is sharing a bit of the vision and challenges behind the game's colorful and vibrant cartoony art style.

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We always wanted the game to feel like you're playing your favorite childhood cartoon or adventure movie. 🎬 We started searching for inspiration in classics from the '80s and '90s, an era very close to us.

From a visual perspective, we’ve always been in love with LucasArts games, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Spielberg movies, Disney classics, and so many other creations that trigger that special magical tingling — the one you got as a kid when you sat down in the living room on a Saturday morning and started watching your favorite cartoon. ✨

Speaking of inspiration, here’s some suuuuper early concept art of Elroy! It's taken from The Art of Elroy and the Aliens, a making-of book that we'll release later this year.

Urban got his first inspiration for Elroy's look from Disney's short film Paperman. Read more about it in the excerpt below.



Fast forward about 11 years... and here we are today! Just 13 days before the launch of the game on April 2nd! 🚀

We are so incredibly grateful to all of you who have supported Elroy and stuck with us through all these years. ❤️

If you haven't played the demo yet, now's your chance!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3144250/Elroy_and_the_Aliens_Demo/

See you in a couple of weeks in Slope City! 😎

Team Elroy

Hey Friends! Time to play the Demo on Steam Next Fest (Feb/24th - Mar/3rd) starting today!
Thank you so much for all your overwhelmingly amazing reviews so far! 😍

[h2]What's in the Demo? [/h2]

Here's a little side-questy sneak peek! :)

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[h2]Game Features[/h2]

🎭 A story-driven point-and-click adventure game for both modern and classic audiences, set in an altered version of the 1990s with intelligent robots, paranormal activities, and an ancient archaeological mystery.

🎨 High-resolution, hand-drawn 2D art and animations with an old-school vibe and modern polish.

🔊 Fully-voiced characters by A-list actors in English (such as Jay Rincon, Dev Joshi and many others) and an original music score (composed by Martin Bezjak and Epix Soundworks) for an immersive movie-like experience.

🧩 Intriguing and challenging puzzles.

🪐 Spanning 2 planets, 60 locations, and featuring more than 60 characters.

👥 Multiple playable characters.

📝 Subtitles in German (by Marcel Weyers), Spanish (by Concha Fernández Álvarez), French (by Christophe Pallarès), Portuguese-Brasil (by Rômulo Wehling) and English as the original language.

[h2]The Game's Mission[/h2]

Why did we start hand-crafting Elroy 11 years ago? We wanted to revive that special feeling that happens only once, when you're a kid. When the eyes are wide open and full of wonder. When you're sitting in the living room on a Saturday morning and play THAT game on your parents' PC for the first time. 🤩

[h2]Demo Feedback[/h2]

If you'd like to share your thoughts or feedback on the Demo with us, we have a nifty Steam Forum thread right here for you. Also, we'll keep the Demo live after Next Fest so you can try it when it suits you.

[h2]What's Next?[/h2]

The countdown has begun! Elroy and the Aliens is launching 37 days from today, on April 2nd, 2025! 🚀

You've been suggesting and we've been listening! 🙌 We've been making improvements all along to make Elroy the best point & click adventure game we can. The game is now 99.9908% complete! We will keep polishing the cutlery to be 100% ready when we invite you to dig in and get the game fresh and hot on it's release on April 2nd!

You'd like to keep in touch with us? Follow Elroy on Bluesky, X or join our Discord! We love to chat.

Thank you! ❤️

- Team Elroy

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3144250/Elroy_and_the_Aliens_Demo/