- Overlooked Metroidvania Ultros is the anti-Silksong, which makes it the perfect follow-up to Team Cherry's epic - 23 February 2026
Whether you've rattled off the Hollow Knight Silksong 100% and are still finding excuses to explore Team Cherry's masterpiece (guilty as charged), or bounced off its demanding action and hostile world, you're probably looking for your next Metroidvania. You could opt for a newcomer like MIO: Memories in Orbit, or established staples such as Bloodstained, Rain World, or Nine Sols. But I'm going to recommend Ultros , which handles the genre in a unique manner that took me a little while to warm to, only to grow into an experience I'll treasure for many years to come. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Co-op viral hit Peak is still growing strong, and this fantastic indie is 52% off right now Minecraft enjoyers, this spectacular-looking voxel game from a solo dev should probably be on your radar Ex Sanguis is the most stylish XCOM-style roguelike I've ever played
- ULTROS is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch & Xbox! - 14 February 2025
We are excited to welcome new players to our psychedelic metroidvania universe! To celebrate ULTROS’ release on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S, you can pick up the game with up to 30% off from today until February 27th.🌱✨
- First Anniversary + Lost in Cult Art Book - 13 February 2025
Friends of the Sarcophagus, today marks the first anniversary since the cycle began and we’ve hit an incredible milestone, 100,000 delivered! Thank you so much to our wonderful community, you are all part of the colourful light.🌱✨ ULTROS Artbook with Lost in Cult Fans looking to delve deeper into the world of ULTROS can now pre-order Ultros: Design Works, created in collaboration with Lost in Cult. This high-end art book features never-before-seen artwork, concept sketches, in-depth essays, exclusive developer interviews and much more! A Deluxe Edition is also available, including a CD containing creator podcasts, 12 art cards, posters, stickers, and more. Early birds looking to pre-order the Deluxe Edition in the first 48 hours will receive a slight discount. Plus, the first 300 copies sold of the campaign-exclusive Deluxe Edition will include a signed bookplate. To pre-order and lear…
- Nominate Ultros for the Steam Awards - 29 November 2024
Friends, sojourners, cosmic travelers! As we approach this cycle's end, we want to thank you all for digging into our extraterrestrial garden and unearthing the many-layered secrets of the Sarcophagus and Ultros. It has been a year filled with reflection, deliverance, and growth. We would love for you to celebrate with us and consider helping our roots grow even further by nominating Ultros for the awards in the following categories: 🎶 Best Soundtrack 🎨 Outstanding Visual Style Without you, our garden would be less curious, colorful, and creative 💜 Thank you 🌱✨
- 🌱 Help ULTROS Bloom! 🌱 - 22 November 2024
Hey there, seedlings! We’ve pushed some exciting updates in an open test branch, and we need your help to make sure they sprout just right. Dig in, explore the latest improvements, and let us know if anything needs a little extra pruning! 🌸 What’s New in This Version? Room to Grow: Faster load times and a dramatic reduction in installed storage size (7GB → 3GB). Map Enhancements: More clarity to help you navigate the game! Gameplay Tweaks: New perks, ability adjustments, and smoother scenarios to cultivate your skills. Bug Fixes: We’ve weeded out a ton of pesky issues to keep your gameplay flourishing. See the full patch notes below for the full scoop of what's included in this update! How to Participate 1️⃣ Plant Yourself in the Test Branch: Go to ULTROS in your game library - right click and select "Properties...", then "Betas". 2️⃣ Opt into opentest, selectable in the drop down menu…
- Ultros will be at Save & Sound today! Tune into our digital performance. - 4 November 2024
Friends of the Sarcophagus: ULTROS will be part of the Steam event Save & Sound, with a live performance from Ratvader. You can watch the showcase on Bedtime Digital Games’ channels: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bedtimedg YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BedtimeDG Here is the full schedule, packed full of acoustic waves from gaming's best and brightest... Presented by Bedtime Digital Games, Save & Sound is an online music festival with sales and demos on Steam. Come enjoy headbanging soundtracks as well as unique implementations of music and audio in games. ~ The Ultros Team
- ULTROS will be part of Save & Sound and invites you to a little midnight music. - 23 October 2024
Celebrating music in video games, ULTROS will be part of the Steam event Save & Sound! Tune in on November 4 to enjoy a performance by our amazing composer Ratvader! Presented by Bedtime Digital Games, Save & Sound is an online music festival with sales and demos on Steam. Come enjoy headbanging soundtracks as well as unique implementations of music and audio in games. Links and schedule: https://www.saveandsound.io/
- Maintenance on the Sarcophagus - 26 March 2024
GAMEPLAY CHANGES Once you unlock the True Returner, you will now keep your item inventory across cycles Ouji runs 50% faster in water Ouji no longer gets pushed along by minor water flows Sprayer has more generous range and more immediate effect Sprayer now travels faster when controlled with a game pad (on par with mouse controls). It is now much easier to plant seeds in walls by performing an aerial item throw while right next to the gardening spot Knockback force and angle of Air Tesseract double-kick has been reworked to make it much more useful for juggling items in Infinity Lake and elsewhere Knockback of Drop Kick is similarly adjusted to put it more in line with the default aerial attack Various animation and attack tweaks for the fight against Vasa Ouji now retains her running speed across room transitions Roots now bend the other way when they regrow after a cut, giving advanc…
- 10 top games to grab during the Steam Spring Sale 2024 - 16 March 2024
With the Steam Spring Sale 2024 in full bloom, trying to find your next favorite game to play can be quite the daunting task. There's big discounts and deals galore, with savings on many big titles including older classic PC games and new releases, including some of the best games of the past year. Fortunately, we here at PCGamesN have put our heads together and come up with some of our top choices for you to check out. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: One of 2023's best indie games is dirt cheap, get it while you can Sea of Stars is one of 2023's stunning nominees for best indie game New game from Limbo and Inside dev gets rave reviews, already on sale
- Ultros unveils its Accolades! - 29 February 2024
We are delighted to say that Ultros launched with critical acclaim on February 13, with a current 82 score on Metacritic! Here’s some of the kind words from critics: • GamesRadar+: "a drop dead gorgeous head trip" • VG247: "the best Metroidvania I’ve played since Hollow Knight" , "Ultros is a winner" • Screen Rant: "An utterly original DMT-infused Metroid fever dream" • Eurogamer: "Genuinely brilliant." • PSU: "a must-play" • Financial Times: "A Technicolor fantasia" • Metro: "simply gorgeous" We are thrilled with this positive reception, and can’t wait to hear more about your journey through The Sarcophagus! Watch our accolades trailer here: Ultros is out now on Steam. There’s also the Deluxe Edition – including the Ultros Digital Artbook, showcasing the psychedelic world through never-before-seen imagery from the visionary El Huervo, and the Ultros Original Soundtrack, lovingly orches…
- Repairs have been made on the Sarcophagus✨🪐 - 26 February 2024
The following fixes have been rolled out in Ultros: Adjusted the physics for flying with the Thruster extractor, for a much smoother ride Added a 4K resolution option. PLEASE NOTE that this only affects some of the graphics (in particular the UI) because the artwork was created with an HD resolution in mind (1920 x 1080, or "Sharp" in the options menu). 4K will still cause your computer to use roughly twice the electricity compared to playing in HD, so we only recommend the setting if you are playing on a very large screen. Therefore, "Sharp" remains the default setting. Removed a limitation on how far plants can grow immediately after replacing another plant. Adjusted level design in Infinity Lake with new tools for players who may have gotten stuck, including a new planting patch and a few mushrooms for charging the Thruster Fixed a crash that could happen when growing Augeas plants t…
- ULTROS IS OUT NOW! – with playable demo - 13 February 2024
Today is the day. From the creative vision of El Huervo, a psychedelic sci-fi combining brutally intense combat with platforming and cultivating alien plant life. You must explore the vast depths a cosmic sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play.
- The reviews are in! Ultros out tomorrow – Watch the dev stream! - 12 February 2024
Ultros Launches on Steam TOMORROW! In celebration of the glowing critical reception - watch the devs play more of the game in the Steam broadcast NOW on the product page. The demo is available to play now - if you enjoy the demo, why not pre-order? Remember, there’s also the Deluxe Edition – including the Ultros Digital Artbook, showcasing the psychedelic world through never-before-seen imagery from the visionary El Huervo, and the Ultros Original Soundtrack, lovingly orchestrated by Oscar “Ratvader” Rydelius.
- Ultros review: a sweet and sour Metroidvania - 12 February 2024
Ultros is one of those games that's born to stick in the memory. Not only is it one of the most visually vibrant games of the year so far with its neon colour palette that's an instant-KO-to-my-eyeballs, but the way it twists and rewires core tenets of the Metroidvania rulebook also make it one of the boldest and most daring examples of its genre. I'll say it now: it doesn't always stick the landing. But if there's one thing Ultros does constantly throughout its 15-odd hour runtime, it's that it's always, always interesting. And for that, it has my respect - even if by the time the (first) end credits rolled, I was ready to never touch it ever again. Read more
- Psychedelic Metroidvania fuses Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, and farming - 9 February 2024
2024's already been a big year for Metroidvania fans. Hardly a month in, we've already seen Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown launch and infuse the genre with killer momentum as we careen towards more surefire bangers like Animal Well, Tales of Kezera: Zau, Earthblade, and - yes - Hollow Knight: Silksong. Each one seems to have a distinct hook; Prince of Persia marries the precision platforming of Celeste with stylish combat, Animal Well is all about nonviolent puzzle-solving, and Tales of Kenzera: Zau promises a heartfelt story. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Hotline Miami meets Deathloop in this slick new metroidvania game
- How psychedelic gardenvania Ultros would have you "talk" to the aliens - 9 February 2024
When playing any character-driven videogame I sometimes experience a sensation akin to my eyes unfocussing, and remember that I'm not, strictly speaking, controlling a body in a world, but interacting with a simulation that includes representations of a body and a world. The character is just an interfacial node in a vast tangle of visible and invisible elements; by moving the character, I cause objects, surfaces, creatures to load or unload, spring into motion or change colour and a million things besides. Some games foreground these interdependencies by fictionalising the simulation as a giant organism or ecosystem, a more intriguing kind of "living, breathing" environment which is aware of your presence within it. Amongst these games is Ultros , a side-scrolling, psychedelic metroidvania - or as developers Hadoque might prefer, "gardenvania" - which launches next week. Read more
- Steam Next Fest – New Demo Out Now! - 5 February 2024
We’re thrilled to be in Steam Next Fest and release our new demo to you all now! You can watch the demo trailer here: You can also watch the devs play the demo NOW in the Steam broadcast on the product page. If you enjoy the demo, why not pre-order? There’s also the Deluxe Edition – including the Ultros Digital Artbook, showcasing the psychedelic world through never-before-seen imagery from the visionary El Huervo, and the Ultros Original Soundtrack, lovingly orchestrated by Oscar “Ratvader” Rydelius. Ultros Launches on Steam imminently - February 13th!
- Announcing the Ultros x Bull Airs collaboration - 29 January 2024
You can find out more over on our YouTube channel Or by visiting the Bull Airs website after 12 noon on 29th Jan 2024.
- Steam Next Fest Demo Announcement! - 25 January 2024
Friends of the Sarcophagus, our demo of ULTROS will be available during Steam Next Fest. Going live on February 5th at 10AM (PT)! Watch the trailer here,..
- ULTROS release is nigh! - 12 January 2024
As we near the birthing of the demon, the Sarcophagus trembles, and the chanting intensifies. From the artistic vision of El Huervo – get ready for ULTROS! Coming to PS5, PS4 and PC on February 13th 2024.
