Co-Op Horror Game Invokyr Launches Early Access October 8
The demo's success, reflected in its 94% positive user reviews, suggests the full early access release will need to maintain the unpredictable multiplayer chaos that has drawn praise, rather than simply adding more content.
Key Facts
- Invokyr's early access version launches on October 8 for PC via Steam, with Japanese text support planned.
- Invokyr supports solo play and online co-op for up to six players.
- The demo, available since June 2, has a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam with 94% positive reviews from 1,135 reviews.
- An August 10 demo update added a new 'Yeti Board' environment and features like public lobbies and arachnophobia options.
- Ludogram is a French developer with over 20 staff and collaborators, known for previous titles like Worlds of Aria.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer.
Developer Ludogram announced on September 7 that the early access version of its co-op horror game Invokyr will launch on October 8 for PC via Steam. The game supports solo play and online multiplayer for up to six players. Players are trapped in a haunted mansion and forced to play a cursed board game from the 1970s, guided by a malevolent Game Master. Rolling dice advances pieces on the board but also triggers unpredictable anomalies, such as monsters, traps, and curses, that appear throughout the mansion. To progress, players alternate between moving on the board and exploring biomes like jungles, icebergs, and giant toy boxes to retrieve golden statues and special dice. Each die can be used only once and offers effects like healing, hiding, or hindering pursuers. The demo, available since June 2, has received a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam with 94% positive from 1,135 reviews. A major update on August 10 added a 'Yeti Board' environment. Ludogram, a French developer, previously worked on Worlds of Aria.
- Game Master origin: The malevolent Game Master was once a beloved toy before it began ruling the mansion.
- Escape condition: The game ends when players read the Game Master's name aloud in the final phase, after retrieving golden statues and returning them to the board.
- Atmosphere: The mansion is cold and dimly lit, filled with creaking sounds, and includes maze-like structures with traps and curses.
- Trailer scenes: Footage shows players solving mechanisms in a room where lava slowly rises, and being chased by strange creatures.
- Demo dice types: A Healing Die that restores players and a Revive Die that revives one dead player from anywhere have been confirmed in the demo.
- Anomaly variety: Rolling dice can cause the mansion to become overgrown with plants, giant chess pieces to line up, or corridors to be engulfed in flames.
- Repeat play system: Rewards earned from surviving unlock higher-difficulty challenges.
- Demo update features: The August 10 update also added public lobbies, Steam invitations, key configuration, arachnophobia options, and camera shake settings, alongside the Yeti Board.
- Developer history: Ludogram previously worked on the tabletop RPG-inspired co-op adventure Worlds of Aria, Tabletop Game Shop Simulator, and Monsters are Coming!, and currently has over 20 staff and collaborators.
- Japanese support: In-game Japanese text support is planned for the full release.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.