Daily news, dev blogs, and stories from Game Developer straight to your inbox
Sponsored By
TIME TO SHRED THE UNDERWORLD IN SKATEBOARDING ROGUELIKE HELSKATE COMING TO STEAM FEBRUARY 15
Play the Steam demo today!
game_press
January 25, 2024
3 Min Read
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Phantom Coast :
AMSTERDAM, JANUARY 25, 2024 - Phantom Coast is stoked to announce that their skateboarding action roguelike Helskate will be landing February 15 on Steam in Early Access for $24.99. At launch, players will be able to play through world 1 (of 3 planned). The team hopes to continue crafting levels, weapons, attacks, and enemies for over a year — while taking feedback from the community. The game’s full story will also come with the 1.0 version. Today’s brand-new gameplay trailer gives a look at what players can look forward to!
A special demo for the game is also available today on Steam ahead of the Steam Next Fest starting February 5. The demo lets players loose in Vertheim to try out a limited amount of levels and weapons from the game. The demo does not feature any meta progression across runs.
We estimate it takes around 8 to 10 hours to complete World 1 of Helskate.
Individual runs to get to the boss should take around 30 minutes to an hour.
About Helskate
Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks and slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!
Skate your way through Vertheim - Traverse Vertheim as you grind, wall ride and manual your way through this hellscape with classic arcade-style skating
Fight, Die, Upgrade, Repeat - Combine different weapons, gear and tapes to create powerful and unique builds for each run. Get inked up with sick tattoos to permanently upgrade your abilities for a much needed edge over your foes.
Skateboarding Combat - Chain huge combos, do ollies, kickflips, and other awesome tricks to power up your attacks and gain unique abilities and buffs to slay the monsters that await you in this fast-paced skateboarding action roguelite!
Take on the Gods of Skating - Use everything in your arsenal to battle against the Gods of Skating. Take on the God of Vert Ramps’ score challenge and grind your way up the Ancient God of Skating to strike at his weak points.
For more information on Helskate, visit https://www.helskate.com/.
Follow them on Twitter @thephantomcoast For special interview requests, get in touch with [email protected].
Find the game on Steam.
About Phantom Coast
Phantom Coast is a team of passionate individuals, working together to turn passion into a memorable playable experience. Co-founded by media personality Jordi van den Bussche, better known as Kwebbelkop, Phantom Coast’s members work from their own home studio from all around the world. While headquartered in Amsterdam, they feel their true office would be all of their home workspaces put together. They are hard at work on Helskate, a brand new ambitious project led by veteran designer and author of Game Feel, Steve Swink.
Visit their website: https://www.phantomcoast.games/
###
About the Author
You May Also Like
.png?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)