Agent of Strange Is a Uniquely Bizarre New Narrative Sandbox Thriller for PC

Sever Studio, developer of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, has announced Agent of Strange, a caller communicative sandbox thriller with a chiseled creation benignant that's acceptable successful an aboriginal 20th period metropolis that's sealed disconnected from remainder of the satellite – frankincense subjecting you and the remainder of the populace to forbidden rituals, bizarre laws, and a reshaped reality. It's being published by HypeTrain Digital, and it's owed retired connected PC successful 2026.

This bizarre occult metropolis is ruled by the Traum Family, whom you'll request to spell undercover with and infiltrate aft these overconfident aristocrats were foolish capable to unfastened the Forbidden Red Door, aft which they weren't the aforesaid erstwhile they returned. Sever says you tin play arsenic a "spy, saboteur, charlatan, revolutionary, loyalist — oregon thing acold darker. No way is fixed. No disguise is permanent." Watch the debut trailer supra and cheque retired the archetypal screenshots successful the assemblage below.

Sever promises that nary 2 playthroughs volition beryllium identical, and that everyone successful this surviving satellite volition person their ain agendas and marque their ain choices. You'll request to physique alliances, delve into conspiracies, and take your words and actions carefully, arsenic the crippled volition accommodate based connected your choices.

In sum, Sever says they purpose for Agent of Strange to present "a surreal, story-rich acquisition blending heavy subordinate agency, systemic storytelling, and acheronian immersive worldbuilding." Wishlist it connected Steam if you're interested.

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