GRAVEN News

Greetings, everyone!

We bring truly amazing news - GRAVEN has now left Early Access and is fully released!
We would like to thank everyone who accompanied us on our Early Access journey, it's only thanks to your support and feedback that we've been able to bring you the full experience that GRAVEN has become.

No development journey is truly over at launch day however, and we beseech you, continue sharing your thoughts with us and let us know if you find any problems, as you have during Early Access. We have also created a thread here in Steam discussions listing known issues, with helpful tips for those who encounter certain unpleasant situations, until we patch these pesky bugs out.

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GRAVEN’s 1.0 launch introduces two whole new zones: Hub 2, “The Granite Watch,” and Hub 3 “The Subnatural Desert,” as well as expanded depth and finer polish in Hub 1. Also making their debut are 12 new enemy types (for a 24 total), 5 new weapons and spells (bringing the total to 15), 4 rings, 3 new stones for your staff and 1 new potion (for a grand total of 11 items).

Due to the amount of not just new content, but changes and updates to the first hub of the game, saves players have made during Early Access will not work, as we have announced previously.

If you like the game, you might be interested in getting the Digital Artbook and learn more about the process of creating the unique visual style of GRAVEN, or the official Soundtrack to accompany you on your journey on the Parallel Path. You can also get both along with the game in the form of the Deluxe Edition for an extra discount (which applies even if you already own the game).

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38010/GRAVEN__Deluxe_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38121/Western_Wizardry/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12693/WRATH_Aeon_of_Ruin__Ion_Fury__GRAVEN_Complete_Your_Set/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38094/Looking_For_Redemption/

Speaking of discounts, for the first week from launch, you will be able to get GRAVEN, the Digital Artbook and Soundtrack with a 15% discount, and we have also arranged the following bundles to let you get an even better price, if you already have other awesome games. Or of course, you can just buy them in one neat package now!

Thank you very much for playing and if you like GRAVEN, don't forget to leave a review here on Steam!

The countdown begins!

Graven exits early-access on the 23rd, which means that we're ticking down. In 7 days, Graven enters 1.0 and to celebrate Jared Bair is going live here on twitch at 20cet/2pm EST!

Hope to see you there.

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Hello everyone, my name is David Queener, Game Director on Graven. If you didn't catch it during Realms Deep, Graven’s full PC release date is January 23rd, 2024 for Steam, EGS, and GOG. Check out the new trailer below!

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Historically, we’ve been vague regarding dates, hence the exact date here. The game is in the Release Candidate phase, it is playable from beginning to end, all of the content is in, and we are now optimizing, bug fixing, and tweaking the balance. This is the final stretch.

What Are the Supported Languages?

• English
  
• French
  
• Spanish
  
• German
  
• Russian
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Japanese
  

We won’t make any promises, but if we see in the future that there is enough interest for additional languages, we might consider it post-launch.


As you might already know, GRAVEN is also coming to consoles. We do not have a specific launch date to announce at this point, but there is a window. Certification processes vary by platform so that release date will be clearer as we get closer to it, but the game is playable on all supported platforms and there is a team dedicated to the console releases.


You might have noticed that Gravedigger Mode has been removed from the Early Access roadmap. This was a feature that we had in our initial plan, however, we had to take the hard decision to cut it from the full release. We took a long look at it and our resources and realized that to implement it at the same quality level as the rest of the game would push out the release date by a noteworthy amount. We might review this feature again at some later point.



The release of the full version will not only bring Hub 2 and Hub 3, but also several updates and improvements to Hub 1. This means that old save files from Early Access might be corrupted and can ruin the player's experience, as the old files will not reference new content correctly. For that reason, it will be highly recommended to have a fresh start of the game.

• 13 new weapons and tools
  
• 9 new enemies
  
• Unique boss fights in both additional hubs
  
• Confront winter’s wrath wrought magical, extinguish a cult of fire worshipers, and rebuke a heretical summoning in Granite Watch
  
• Uncover abandoned rites and sacred sites while evading devious traps and a blazing sun in Verzyphiir
  

We hope you enjoyed the trailer and we will be seeing you on January 23rd, 2024 with the full release of Graven for PC.

• Buy Graven here.
  
• Follow Slipgate Ironworks on Twitter.
  
• Follow 3D Realms on Twitter.
  
• Join the 3D Realms Discord.
  
• Join the 3D Realms Subreddit.
  
• Check out the 3D Realms Website here
• Check out the Slipgate Ironworks here.