Developer Hello Andromeda is crafting a new open-world RPG called Fog'n'Silence, which combines elements from titles like Kenshi, Death Stranding, and Outer Wilds. The game tasks players with leading a party of Vagrants through the desolate plains of the Afterlife, facing environmental hazards, hostile creatures, and psychological challenges.
Players will navigate a world transmogrified by a mysterious fog, stealthily avoiding blind monsters, and engaging with esoteric physics. The combat system is a simultaneous turn-based affair, where both players and enemies plot their actions before executing them concurrently. Survival mechanics such as lasting injuries, hunger, and decreasing sanity will be persistent challenges.
Exploration and Party Management
Control of the party is managed through a flying drone, offering a wide, panoramic view of the environment. This perspective highlights the scale of the game world, with tiny Hazmat-suited characters traversing vast landscapes composed of sickly sand, rock, and unsettling organic textures. The party composition itself can be highly varied, with some characters featuring unusual physical traits, such as two heads.
The game adopts a roguelike structure, with players forming a new party on each playthrough. Starting with three Vagrants, additional characters, pack animals, and machines can be discovered and recruited. While a larger party offers more skills and carrying capacity, it also increases resource consumption and management complexity. Upon failure, players retain knowledge of the world, quests, and character relationships through a persistent Compendium.
The visual aesthetic and overall vibe have drawn comparisons to Jett: The Far Shore, while the simultaneous combat mechanics are reminiscent of Arco. The trailer also showcases quest design, such as directing a Vagrant to a massive golden elevator and deciding their vertical path.
Fog'n'Silence was revealed as part of Steam's Ukrainian Games Festival. The game's title abbreviation has been noted as potentially creating a slight tonal disconnect, adding to its enigmatic mystique.