Mark your calendars, sci-fi enthusiasts and visual novel fans! Alcyone: The Last City, the highly anticipated game by Australian indie developer Joshua Meadows, is set to launch on April 2nd, 2025, at 6 AM PST. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017, this game has been years in the making and is ready to hit the market across multiple platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux/SteamOS via Steam, and on Android and iOS devices.
What Do You Do When Everything Else Is Gone?
Alcyone: The Last City is not just another game; it's an immersive experience centered around survival, power, and impactful decision-making. This visual novel places you in the last remaining city in the universe, the only survivor after the catastrophic event known as the Nihility, which obliterated everything in its path. In Alcyone, now simply called the City, life persists under the strict governance of the Six Ruling Houses, where even death isn't always the final chapter.
What Do You Play As in Alcyone: The Last City, the Visual Novel?
In this narrative-rich game, you step into the shoes of a rebirth—a character with downloaded memories, giving you a fresh start. Your journey involves navigating through political intrigue, facing betrayal, and fighting for survival. With your choices, you can choose to align with the existing system, dismantle it, or manipulate it to serve your own ends.
Featuring over 250,000 words of branching narrative, your decisions pave the way to one of seven unique endings. The game also offers five romance options, including pathways for those identifying as aromantic. Additionally, Alcyone: The Last City boasts a deep RPG-inspired character system that allows you to craft a persona that genuinely embodies your choices.
If you're a fan of immersive games like Fallen London or Killing Time at Lightspeed, or if you enjoy sci-fi narratives such as Revelation Space and Pandora’s Star, then Alcyone: The Last City should definitely be on your radar. As we eagerly await its release, you can explore more about the game on its Kickstarter page or official website.
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