Before you rush off to wishlist it on Steam (which we would appreciate BTW!), you’re going to want to read on a little bit longer.
First off, thank’s so much for supporting us through this whole journey! A lot has happened since we last reached out to you (wow has it really been a few years?).
Our team has grown, we pushed out our first demo build last February (just in time for Next Fest), SplatterCat demoed Archmage Rises on his YouTube Channel, and we’ve been receiving incredible responses to the game so far:
All of the incredible responses, like the one above, have been such a great boost for us to get our first release build ready for all of you. Speaking of which, the official release date for Archmage Rises on Steam is April 24th, 2023! That’s just over a week away!
Now, to talk a bit about the elephant in the room: Steam Launch Discounts.
It’s fairly normal practice (and encouraged) by Valve that when a developer first releases their game on Steam, that developer launches their game with a small discount to encourage more gamers to buy the game on release.
We’ve decided to follow that tradition by offering a 15% launch discount, which means that some of you who have already purchased the game have actually paid a little bit more than those who will buy it during our launch week.
That didn’t sit well with us, because we really wanted to reward those of you who had supported us early on and continue to support us throughout the journey so far. So we’ve come up with a solution that we think you will like…
We’ve decided to give all of you who have already purchased the game the first two DLC packs free!
Part of the reasoning behind this perk is that these DLC packs contain some features that we wanted to include in the game when we first conceived of it. We have since realized that they were things that were too big in scope to develop for the core release, so we’ve decided to pull them out as expansions for after the core game has shipped.
Speaking of which, you can check out our whole new roadmap that will show our plans to release more features of the game from our Early Access Release to 1.0 (and beyond)!
Thanks so much again for sticking with us throughout this journey, and we wouldn’t be at this huge milestone if it weren’t for you!
If you haven’t bought the game yet, you can still pre-order it until April 21 to get in on the founder’s free DLC. Or you can add it to your Steam Wishlist and grab that 15% launch discount on April 24th!
