Folklore Hunter Tracks Down Urban Legends, Graduates from Steam Early Access Jan. 30, 2026
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NEW ZEALAND — Oct. 23, 2025 —
Folklore Hunter, the co-op urban legend hunting survival[/p][p]game developed by Liquid Donkey Games, takes aim at the Mothman when it graduates from[/p][p]Steam Early Access on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, as revealed at
DreadXP’s Indie Horror Showcase[/p][p]today with a brand new trailer.[/p][p][/p][p]Liquid Donkey Games has also revealed a new update available today, with full Steam[/p][p]Workshop support now implemented for the community to create and share their own custom[/p][p]content and mods. Versions for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch platforms[/p][p]are also in development, set to launch later in 2026.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]When a father goes missing under mysterious circumstances looking for his kids, a village finds[/p][p]itself cursed by creatures of the night, or strange things are afoot at abandoned military biolabs,[/p][p]they call
you. Dropped in uncharted lands with limited supplies and supernatural threats, your[/p][p]team has the skills to find an explanation for the unexplainable.[/p][p][/p][p]Track and hunt three mythic creatures in a fully-designed main campaign through a series of[/p][p]Story Hunts supporting single and multiplayer modes. Set up traps and cameras to capture the[/p][p]location of the horned Wendigo. Solve cryptic riddles and uncover hidden storylines that brought[/p][p]the vampiric Strigoi to a now vacant village. Find a way to communicate with the Mothman via[/p][p]electromagnetic radiation, but don’t linger. Whatever’s out there is tracking you, too.[/p][p][/p][p]Wander through wooded forests, dank caves, mysterious shrines, sealed catacombs, haunted[/p][p]churches, cult lairs, abandoned military outposts, and other handcrafted environments on a hunt[/p][p]for the world’s most fabled creatures of the night. Discover clues from bloody notes, obscurely[/p][p]placed skeletons, and other oddities to combine wit and intuition and outsmart otherworldly[/p][p]dangers.[/p][p][/p][p]Learn what brought each creature into this world and find a way to contain it before it takes any[/p][p]more lives. Take these lessons and apply them to shorter Contract Hunts to tackle randomized[/p][p]locations and puzzles, and earn rewards for living to unlock new gear, traps, and other helpful[/p][p]equipment to personalize your own hunting techniques.[/p][p][/p][p]
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[/p][p][/p][p]“There are so many approaches to hunting these supernatural beings,” said Jayde Cohen,[/p][p]Founder and sole developer at Liquid Donkey Games. “Shotguns, crossbows, exploding gas[/p][p]cans, crucifixes — even runes with inscription tools to help survive. Pick your poison. How you[/p][p]use them, though? That’s a story for you to tell.”[/p][p][/p][p]Folklore Hunter chases after dark rustlings from the woods in Q1 2026 on PC via Steam. For[/p][p]more information, follow developer
Liquid Donkey Games on Twitter and join everyone huddled[/p][p]around the fire over on
Discord.[/p][p][/p][h3]Assets[/h3][p]
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Liquid Donkey Website[/p][p][/p][h3]About Liquid Donkey Games[/h3][p]Liquid Donkey Games is an independent game development studio based out of New Zealand,[/p][p]founded and operated by solo developer Jayde Cohen. Creativity and fun fuel Jayde’s creations,[/p][p]and when combined with his passion for the suspenseful and foreboding bring about survival[/p][p]horror experiences like Folklore Hunter supported by the chaotic camaraderie of co-op. Jayde’s[/p][p]storytelling techniques embed themselves into the very worlds he creates, and offer a unique[/p][p]perspective of humanity told through interactive, emergent scenarios.[/p][p][/p][h3]Media Contact[/h3][p]Zachery Bennett / Carter Dotson
Stride PR for Liquid Donkey Games
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