Publisher Team17 and developer Catchweight Studio will release World War I survival horror game CONSCRIPT for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in 2024, the companies announced. A physical edition will follow the digital release. A PC demo will be available via Steam on June 10.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
CONSCRIPT is a survival horror game inspired by classics of the genre—set in 1916 during the Great War. CONSCRIPT will blend all the punishing mechanics of older horror games into a cohesive, tense, and unique experience.
In CONSCRIPT, you play as a French soldier searching for his missing-in-action brother during the Battle of Verdun. Will you be able to search twisted trenches, navigate overrun forts, and cross no-mans-land to find him, and ensure a home goes unbroken?
Key Features
- Plan
- Experience classic and methodical survival horror gameplay in a unique historical setting: the Battle of Verdun.
- Highly re-playable with various difficulty settings, multiple endings, unlockable costumes and bonus weapons.
- Survive
- Fend off a variety of enemy soldiers and combatants with a variety of World War I melee weapons and firearms.
- Survive in an intense, harrowing atmosphere boosted by a unique pixel art aesthetic and oppressive sound design.
- Explore
- Navigate intricate level design that promotes item management and route planning, whilst solving complex environmental puzzles.
- Distinct World War I-themed areas that intertwine and overlap.
“With CONSCRIPT, I aimed to immerse players in the grim reality of World War I while delivering the tense, gripping gameplay that survival horror fans know and love,” said Catchweight Studio founder and solo developer Jordan Mochi in a press release. “I can’t wait to bring this experience to both PC and console players later this year and am especially excited to see the game on the shelves.”
Watch a new trailer below.