Followingthe incredible success ofVampire Survivors, it was only a matter of time until other studios adopted the game’s auto-shooter/bullet heaven gameplay loop as well. It may be surprising, though, that one of them would beDeep Rock Galactic: Survivors, which is launching soon.
As one of themost-played Steam Next Fest demosof October 2023,Deep Rock Galactic: Survivorshas already proven that there’s merit in adapting the franchise’s trademark dwarven mining action into an entirely different genre. Now, Ghost Ship Games has announced that DRG: Survivors will be released into Early Access on February 14, kicking off its own production cycle proper.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launches in Early Access on February 14
Deep Rock Galacticis, of course,extremely popular in its own right: a first-person shooter focusing on the sci-fi dwarves’ questionable procurement of exotic minerals, it too started its lifecycle as anEarly Access title. One update after another, the developer Ghost Ship Games has managed to build an empire out of its rock-mining FPS, to the point that the studio kickstarted its own game publishing arm as well.
With that in mind,Deep Rock Galactic: Survivorsis not being developed by Ghost Ship Games, but by Funday Games, a relatively unknown studio with not many titles yet under its belt. Funday’s only published game so far isDon’t Die In The West🤠(smiley face included, yes), an “open-world cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players,” which has generally positive reviews on Steam, but it didn’t break into the mainstream gaming consciousness.
Irrespective of the studio’s prior work,DRG: Survivorshas already shown that it’s got what it takes to succeed during the Next Fest. Further, the game’s genre lends itself phenomenally well to short gameplay sessions. This, combined with theDeep Rock GalacticIP, suggests that there could be big things ahead both for the game and for Funday Games. Provided, of course, that the project pans out in the end.
