At the Xbox Game Showcase, SteamWorld series developers Image & Form Games revealed new game The Gunk. The game was one of the surprise game announcements at the Xbox Game Showcase, an event which also featured new trailers for titles like Halo Infinite, As Dusk Falls, and new Obsidian Entertainment RPG, Avowed.
Image & Form Games is taking a surprising move away from SteamWorld with The Gunk, a game about hoovering up a messy, alien substance with something that looks a lot like a vacuum cleaner. The Gunk follows two professional scavengers and friends who head to a new planet, aiming to make some good money for themselves. However, once they arrive, they find a parasitic "gunk" which seems to corrupt all of the wildlife it touches. The friends can destroy the gunk, fight monsters, and try to save the planet.
The Gunk's art style has quickly been compared to Journey to the Savage Planet, another game about trying to make money on a strange but wonderful alien world. The Gunk seems to be much darker (literally and tonally) than that game, but the two games do give off the same weirdness vibes and it's easy to see how fans of Journey to the Savage Planet could also fall in love with this.
The game will be released in September 2021, says publisher Thunderful Publishing. The Gunk will also be available on Xbox Game Pass and those who buy the game on PC will be able to get a free copy on Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
The Gunk will be released in September 2021 on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.