Altered Carbon Author Richard K. Morgan Writes New SF RPG .curator
The announcement pairs a well-known cyberpunk author with an indie studio's episodic structure, suggesting a shift toward narrative-driven, choice-heavy SF games that prioritize player agency over passive cutscenes.
Key Facts
- STRTL Games announced .curator on August 13, 2026, for PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- Richard K. Morgan, original author of Altered Carbon, wrote the all-new story for .curator.
- The game is episodic, with Season 1 script fully written and Episode 1 playable at launch.
- Subsequent episodes are planned as individual downloadable content throughout the season.
- The game will support 31 languages, including Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
STRTL Games announced its new title .curator on August 13, 2026, for PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with release date and price undecided. The game is an episodic cinematic SF adventure RPG written by Richard K. Morgan, known as the original author of the Netflix drama Altered Carbon. The setting is a post-Victorian world shaped by political corruption, dangerous technology, and relics of an ancient alien civilization. Players take on the role of the Curator, who, with the AI assistant C.R.I.S.S.I., uses the future-predicting technology Quantum Sleet to glimpse possible futures and intervene in the present to rewrite events. The game emphasizes player choice, with multiple approaches such as fighting, hiding, distracting, or charming, and irreversible life-or-death decisions that determine who lives and who dies. The script for Season 1 is fully written, and Episode 1 will be playable at launch, with subsequent episodes planned as individual DLC. The game is planned to support 31 languages, including Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Korean, and wishlisting is available on Steam.
- STRTL LIMITED, the developer, is an indie studio based in Cyprus with an international team spread across Ukraine, Poland, the UK, and Spain.
- Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon debuted in 2002 and won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2004, before its Netflix adaptation in 2018.
- Art Director Oleksii Plaksin said: ".curator is a fully cinematic experience that you actually play. It's not a game where you just press a button occasionally."
- Morgan said: "What STRTL is offering here is immersion in genuine storytelling with real consequences for both the player and the characters around them. I believe 'Curator' will be a cooler, more contemplative, more painterly, and ultimately more human gaming experience."
- The game features neural overclock, which temporarily enhances physical and mental abilities for stealth-based infiltration of power centers.
- Players join the Curator Corps and investigate corruption at the heart of the establishment, plus artifacts and ruins of an ancient alien civilization.
- Players can build a relationship with C.R.I.S.S.I., consult on decisions, and follow its advice or ignore it.
- As the story progresses, the Curator confronts their own past mistakes and sins, seeking redemption.
- The STRTL Games official website hosts a terminal-style mini-game (English only) that expands on the game's world and lore.
- Release timing, episode distribution pace, and delivery format details will be announced later.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.