Relic Abyss News

[p]Hey there! it's been a while. Just letting you all know that I've decided to move the release date for another two weeks. Our new release date is now April 13, 2026![/p][p][/p][p]A few reasons being is: to give Valve enough time to review our game and store page, create an actual Early Access Release trailer, and we need more time to do some last minute polishing and QA on the build, and generate hype by sending the trailer and keys to press and content creators.[/p][p][/p][p]Game releases are pretty complicated. We've been working on this game for the last three years now. As a gamer / game developer myself and looking at recent releases from other games, I just can't bring myself to release an incomplete product. Even if it's just an Early Access release, I want to make sure that the product that I'm pushing out is something I would be proud with and something will give value to people playing it.[/p][p][/p][p]With that said, the finish line is on the horizon! And we are actually sending our first build to valve this week for review! Please wish us luck that there will be no more hiccups regarding it. As I estimate EA release build to be around 30+ hours worth of content![/p][p][/p][p]All I can say is, the Early Access content will be a banger! And I hope you all still stick around and give it a shot despite another delay. Again, thank you everyone for all of your support! We couldn't have made it to this point without all of our supporters and all of you who wishlisted our game here![/p][p]See you all in our EA release on April 13! And watch out for the new trailer that we're cooking! [/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hi gang! Its been a while! Hope you're all doing okay![/p][p][/p][h2]We're officially announcing that Relic Abyss will finally come out on Early Access on March 31, 2026! [/h2][p][/p][p]We intended to release it in February before, sadly Chapter 3 still needs a bit of cooking and it's expected to be finished by the end of February. I forgot that Steam needs at least 2 weeks to verify our build just in case it has problems or revisions so we're taking that into account too. We also want the EA release to be playable in all of the languages we support here on day 1 so the extra time is for the localizers to do their thing as well.[/p][p][/p][p]The first two weeks of March is fully packed with amazing indie games and we expect Spring Sale will also happen during this time too. So the best date we could choose is at the end of March.[/p][p][/p][p]But this is now set on stone and we won't be doing any delays anymore! So please be rest assured with that! Our publisher also told us it's our final chance too haha so we definitely need to get it out! But I still appreciate them for being super patient with us![/p][p][/p][p]I'm also currently have been down with the flu for a week now which factored in the delay. Again, I'm really sorry for not being able to reach expectations once again.[/p][p][/p][p]But what I can say is that if you loved Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and 3 will blow your mind! In content alone, Chapter 2 enemies are twice the amount of variations vs Chapter 1. And all of them have complex AI. [/p][p]Again, thank you everyone for sticking with us since the very beginning! We couldn't have made it here without each and everyone one of you! Hope you look forward to the EA release![/p][p][/p]

[p]Just made a quick fix for another item duplication glitch one of our Japanese players found.[/p][p][/p][p]This is the reason why we will reset items once we release the game on EA haha.[/p][p][/p][p]Would like to give a shout out LEOPON_SSSS on twitter for letting me know about it![/p][p][/p][p]Let me know if you guys found any more game breaking bugs! Best place to report them is still on our discord server![/p]

[p]Happy 2026, everyone! The final update for the demo has been released! Which include a bunch of fixes and the official Japanese Demo release![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I'm happy that our friends from Japan will finally be able to play the demo! Apologies for the long delay! We will do our best to bring the Japanese Early Access version much sooner![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Speaking of Early Access, we will give some news on the exact release date in early February. [/p][p][/p][p]Don't forget to wishlist the game to get notified on release![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]We did it, everyone! Relic Abyss has officially surpassed 10,000 wishlists on Steam![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you so much for everyone who has played the demo and has been with us from the start! I still can't believe that over 10,000 people has wishlisted our game![/p][p][/p][p]With our first game Towertale, we have released with only 1200 wishlists so we crashed and burned. Now with our second game, Relic Abyss, we 10x that and still have potential for more. That's so amazing![/p][p][/p][p]We couldn't have done it without everyone here. Thank you for playing our demo and for leaving your interest and feedback![/p][p][/p][p]Special thanks also to the wonderful people of Erabit and Human Qube for including our game in Bullet Heaven Fest 3.0! [/p][p][/p][p]If you're looking for other bullet heavens that are on sale or upcoming, be sure to check it out! It's the last day today![/p][p]https://store.steampowered.com/sale/bulletheaven3[/p][p][/p][p]That team is also doing a push for Valve to add a new Bullet Heaven tag, a new genre on steam for our types of games. Would appreciate if you can tag our game with the "Bullet Heaven" tag by clicking the small plus button on the tags in the Store Page. This will ensure that Valve will properly listen to our initiative so we need all the help we can get![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]You can watch Awesome Game's video on the matter here![/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]We will continue to move forward and create the best game we can possibly make! Hope you all are ready for EA! The new stuff is pretty cool![/p][p]Just look at this dood.[/p][p][/p][p]Till next time, everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season ahead![/p]