Steam News26 February 20264mo ago

Arctic Grave Discord server and exclusive playtest!

Discord Server I've created a Discord server for you to discuss the game in! I'll also be posting developent updates and announcements there, but that's not all: Exclusive Playtest Since I want to deliver the best possi

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changedDiscord ServerI've created a Discord server for you to discuss the game in! I'll also be posting developent updates and announcements there, but that's not all:

changedExclusive PlaytestSince I want to deliver the best possible experience for the demo, I will be conducting an exclusive playtest for discord members and newsletter subscribers - so come join the server to try out the game early!

changedExclusive PlaytestJoin the server here: https://discord.gg/djpb8jkeF6

changedDemo progress updateIt also has really nice sound effects but you can't really hear those in the gif so just imagine awesome page flipping and scribbling sounds. By the way, the entire game isn't that dark! It's literally just this one room, you've got to trust me on that - well, you'll be able to see for yourself soon enough:)

Arctic Grave changes

changedI've created a Discord server for you to discuss the game in! I'll also be posting developent updates and announcements there, but that's not all:

changedSince I want to deliver the best possible experience for the demo, I will be conducting an exclusive playtest for discord members and newsletter subscribers - so come join the server to try out the game early!

changedJoin the server here: https://discord.gg/djpb8jkeF6

changedIt also has really nice sound effects but you can't really hear those in the gif so just imagine awesome page flipping and scribbling sounds. By the way, the entire game isn't that dark! It's literally just this one room, you've got to trust me on that - well, you'll be able to see for yourself soon enough:)

Discord Server

I've created a Discord server for you to discuss the game in! I'll also be posting developent updates and announcements there, but that's not all:

Exclusive Playtest

Since I want to deliver the best possible experience for the demo, I will be conducting an exclusive playtest for discord members and newsletter subscribers - so come join the server to try out the game early!

Join the server here: https://discord.gg/djpb8jkeF6

Newsletter here: https://palerite.substack.com/

Demo progress update

The development is going quite well, it's taking about as long as I expected it to and therefore the demo will probably be coming out in April - No promises though!

I've been mostly working really hard on the monster's behavior and you can't really show that in a blog post without spoiling the experience, however I also fully realized the folder you could see in the teaser in all its glory - so here's how it's going to like in the game:

It also has really nice sound effects but you can't really hear those in the gif so just imagine awesome page flipping and scribbling sounds. By the way, the entire game isn't that dark! It's literally just this one room, you've got to trust me on that - well, you'll be able to see for yourself soon enough:)

That's it for today, but expect more post soon(TM)!

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Steam News / 26 February 2026

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