Frequently asked questions

July 15, 2026 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. A free demo is on Steam now.

Yes — crossplay is supported at launch across Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so a mixed crew can run expeditions together. Cross-progression (carrying your save between platforms) has not been confirmed.

$29.99 for the standard edition and $39.99 for the Deluxe Edition, which adds the Temple of Yig mission, two extra playable characters and a gear cosmetics pack. Pre-orders run about 10% off on consoles.

Expeditions run with 1–4 players in online co-op. You can go in solo, but the game is tuned around a crew.

No. Co-op is online only — there is no couch, split-screen or local co-op mode. There is built-in proximity voice chat, so the game wants you talking in-world rather than on Discord.

No, it's a paid game ($29.99). The free part is the Steam demo, which is live now and covers roughly the opening hours of the expedition loop.

PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a physical edition from Nacon. No Switch or last-gen versions have been announced.

It leans dread over jump scares: per-player hallucinations, comms you can't trust, and a forest that answers noise with an enemy wave. With a full crew it plays looser — Phasmophobia-style panic comedy in a Lovecraft coat. It's rated ESRB Mature 17+ for blood, gore and violence.

Yes — solo expeditions run with AI companions by default, and contract difficulty scales with the number of human players. A toggle to disable the companions isn't exposed in the demo (players are actively asking for one); we re-check at launch. It's harder alone either way: nobody can cross-check your hallucinations.

H.P. Lovecraft's 1930 novella “The Mound” (public domain), relocated from an Oklahoma mound to a conquistador-era cursed jungle. The manuscript author from the novella, Pánfilo de Zamacona, appears in the game directly.

ACE Team — the Chilean studio behind Zeno Clash, Rock of Ages and The Eternal Cylinder — published by Nacon. The jungle itself is modeled on Chile's own Valdivian rainforest.

No — it's expedition-based. Hand-designed regions open outward as contracts uncover forts and waypoints, but you deploy per contract rather than free-roaming one seamless map.

First person only. No third-person mode has been shown or announced.

No — it's purely co-op PvE. The player-versus-player tension comes from the sanity system making you distrust your own crew, not from fighting them.

Yes — the developers confirmed offline play, and the PlayStation listing marks online play as optional. Solo expeditions come with AI companions by default; a disable toggle isn't exposed in the demo.

Unreal Engine 5, with NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 support on PC. It's also why the PC version wants an NVMe SSD — the galleon hub loads are built around fast storage.

No — July 15, 2026 is a full 1.0 release on all three platforms, with post-launch additions (weapon blocking, token upgrades) already confirmed by ACE Team.

No jump button — the game uses vault mechanics for obstacles instead, in keeping with its grounded, encumbered-conquistador movement. It's the demo's single most argued-about design choice.

Not in the demo — but ACE Team has confirmed a weapon blocking system is coming in the launch window. Until then: shove (spacebar) interrupts attacks, and sidestepping dodges lunges.

It's built as a run-based co-op habit, not a one-and-done campaign: contracts randomize objectives across hand-designed maps, ranks climb to 30, and the achievement list (all nine saints, 13 logbooks, 50 teammate revives) is tuned for the long haul.