Into the Wind Gameplay Footage Debuts at Future Games Show
The game has already attracted over 50,000 wishlists on Steam, indicating notable pre-release interest for an indie title shown at a major showcase.
Key Facts
- Into the Wind is an action adventure game developed by Bloom & Gloom Games and published by Three Friends.
- The gameplay footage was released during the Future Games Show: gamescom 2026 broadcast on August 27, 2026.
- The game has over 50,000 wishlists on its Steam store page.
- Into the Wind is planned for release via Steam Early Access, with playtesting recruitment underway on the Steam store page.
- The game is set in Santa Rosa, an island world modeled on the Adriatic Sea.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
At the Future Games Show at gamescom 2026, held on August 27, developer Bloom & Gloom Games and publisher Three Friends released new gameplay footage for the action adventure game Into the Wind. The game casts players as a delivery person riding Hermes, a self-aware flying bike and airplane hybrid. The footage showed the protagonist departing from a garage, drifting through deliveries to island residents, and transitioning to flight mode to engage sky pirates with a machine gun. According to the Steam store page, Hermes' behavior was tuned over a long period to balance realistic physics with arcade-like controls, allowing for both easy handling and advanced techniques. Delivery mechanics are affected by cargo weight, fuel, weather, wind, road choices, shortcuts, and landing success. Packages range from delicate items to heavy loads that are difficult to carry across slopes. Players earn resources from jobs to upgrade Hermes, unlocking higher-difficulty deliveries. Between deliveries, they can customize the protagonist's and Hermes' appearances and decorate their home or crew base, with placed items granting progression bonuses. The main story involves searching for a missing uncle who disappeared while investigating a mysterious cloud over the island of Santa Rosa, modeled on the Adriatic Sea. Into the Wind is planned for Steam Early Access, with playtesting recruitment underway.
- Three Friends published the footage during the "Future Games Show: gamescom 2026" broadcast on August 27.
- The development diary frames the game as a life simulation as much as an action adventure, with delivery work sitting alongside fights with lawless sky pirates.
- Loading too many heavy packages prevents Hermes from taking flight, a constraint the store page ties to cargo weight affecting the journey.
- Players must also watch for natural disasters and traffic congestion in Santa Rosa, which the footage flags as hazards separate from pirates and weather.
- Decorating furniture must be carried back to the base by the player, and the type and placement of brought-back items grant bonuses to the player or crew.
- The missing uncle disappeared while investigating a mysterious cloud that appeared in the skies of Santa Rosa; the story unfolds as the player builds friendships with crew members and islanders.
- Santa Rosa is depicted as a world like a vintage postcard with an Italian flavor, modeled on islands floating in the Adriatic Sea.
- Bloom & Gloom Games developed the title; the store page is open for PC (Steam), with Early Access planned and playtesting recruitment underway.
- Hermes is described as a bike-and-plane hybrid said to have a mind of its own, tuned over a long period to balance realistic physics with arcade-like controls.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.