STFGames Launches SOMNIUS In Steam Early Access
The release tests whether a physics-driven gimmick and proximity voice chat can carry a co-op escape game through an Early Access year that the developer has already mapped out.
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STFGames, the developer of Stone Simulator, released SOMNIUS in Steam Early Access on September 22. The co-op escape game supports up to six players, who use a Vacuum Gun to suck in objects and fire them into a portal that opens an escape from a collapsing dream world. It is priced at 1,050 yen, discounted to 651 yen through September 30, with an Early Access period planned to last about one year.
SOMNIUS runs on one tool. The Vacuum Gun sucks in nearly any object in a room, and whatever it holds can be fired out again, into the portal that ends the run or into the creatures that interrupt it. Teammates count as ammunition too, and downed players can be rescued.
Rooms are generated automatically, and throwing objects into the portal extends the team's remaining time. Proximity voice chat is available, though monsters can hear it. The game is sold for PC via Steam at 1,050 yen, discounted to 651 yen through September 30, with Early Access planned to run about one year.
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