In Q1 of 2026, Top Hat Studios plans to release “The Backworld,” a chilling turn-based RPG with strong narrative horror aspects created by Numor Games, on both console systems and PC through Steam. This announcement was made by both parties.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Glide through fissures in the fabric of existence, entering a fractured realm filled with peril at each step. Journey through infinite realms to challenge entities spawned from primordial disorder. Traverse chasms of shadow on your levitating skateboard, infiltrate digital realms with an extraterrestrial craftsman, and assimilate the essence of a deceased deity.
Forge your own path—and bend this shattered reality to your will.
Key Features
- Nonlinear Exploration – The universe is nonlinear, offering countless paths to choose from. While the depths of The Backworld include surreal horror, you’ll also explore traditional JRPG-inspired fantasy and sci-fi worlds, including your hometown.
- Choose Your Approach – Survival goes beyond combat. Use strategy to overcome challenges—fight when necessary, sneak past threats, or find alternative solutions like diplomacy. Every encounter requires careful thought and can shape your journey.
- Abilities and Items – Unlock turn-based combat abilities as well as action abilities for exploring, like a hoverboard, dodge-roll, and sprinting. Equipping items also grants you further abilities in combat. For example, a knife allows you to apply a bleeding effect.
- Recruit Companions and Pets – Meet a diverse group of companions, including non-human characters, each with their own abilities, personalities, and stories. Each companion has a unique battle resource, like mana for a wizard or energy for a robot, altering how they play in combat. You can also recruit extra pets!
- A Cosmic Horror Journey – A cosmic war ripples through dimensions, reaching your hometown. With reality crumbling, you and your friends must face The Backworld to stop the chaos before it consumes everything.
- Many Ways to Play!
- Explorer – Focused on story and exploration with a relaxed pace.
- Adventurer – A balanced RPG experience with elements of horror.
- Survivor – A hardcore survival horror mode with perma-death.
Watch a new trailer below.
Publisher Announce Trailer
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