Blind Descent

store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Release status, Release date, Kind of game, Working in sync, About, Fear, Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Story, Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.

• Online co-op: Categories list Online Co-op, and the text says you can play with friends in co-op.
• Most players online: Short text says four-player co-op and the long text says a team of up to four. A later line says up to three other pioneers join you.
• Release status: Page says Coming Soon To Early Access and that the game is not yet available.
• Release date: Page shows a planned release date of 2 Dec 2026.
• Kind of game: Text has the team gather resources, build shelters and explore the underground world together.
• Working in sync: Text says survival depends on the crew sharing insights and adapting together. No co-op play report exists yet, so the level is kept low.
• About: Text sets the game on Mars with alien life, storms and toxic gas, and a base to look after.
• Fear: User tags include Horror and Psychological Horror, but the text sells a survival mystery, so only a few scary moments are rated.
• Tension and danger: Text lists underground storms, toxic gases and aggressive creatures.
• Calm and coziness: User tags include Relaxing, and the base is a place to recover. The world is still hostile.
• Story: Text follows a search for a missing team with the help of an AI assistant. User tags include Interactive Fiction.
• Exploring: User tags include Exploration and Open World.
• Building and creating: Text has you clear an abandoned base and improve it.
• Unlocks and progress: Text describes mutations that add abilities.
• Planning ahead: Text asks you to pick between a science path and a mutation path, and to keep the base maintained.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam app ID, Release status, Release date.

• Release status: Steam marks the game as coming soon.
• Release date: Steam shows Dec 2, 2026.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game, so it is untested.

wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026

Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.

• Genres: P136 is survival sandbox video game, which covers survival and sandbox.
• Release date: P577 is 2026-12-02 for Windows, qualified as early access.

blinddescent.netOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, About, Exploring, Fighting, Jumping and climbing, Building and creating.

• Most players online: Page says the game offers a co-op experience for up to four players.
• About: The year is 2071, and a deep Martian cave hides a world of alien life, dense jungle and odd weather. The page is older than the Steam page.
• Exploring: Page promises full freedom of exploration in a vast underground world.
• Fighting: Page lists fighting with bows, spears, axes and rifles.
• Jumping and climbing: Page promises climbing anywhere.
• Building and creating: Page lists building a house and furnishing it. Later playtest builds may have cut back on this.

blinddescent.netOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online, Genres, Sessions, Story.

• Most players online: FAQ says support for up to 4 players.
• Genres: FAQ calls it an open-world survival adventure game.
• Sessions: FAQ gives the goal as finding the lost team and reaching the surface again, with every story part playable in multiplayer. The FAQ is older and still says no release date.
• Story: Same FAQ describes a mystery about a lost team.

steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Release status, Release date, Most players online.

• Release status: Maker post of 2026-10-13 says the game is coming to Early Access.
• Release date: The same post gives 2 December 2026 for Early Access.
• Most players online: The post says play solo or with up to 3 friends, which is four players in all. An older post of 2026-09-24 says up to 4 friends, and the newer post wins.

uberstrategist.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Jumping and climbing.

• Online co-op: Publisher release of 2025-06-07 says team up with up to three other pioneers in online co-op.
• Jumping and climbing: Same release describes climbing gear for scaling vertical shafts.

gaminghq.euPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Sessions, Story, Building and creating, Fighting, Exploring, Unlocks and progress.

• Sessions: GamingHQ, 2026-10-14, reports the maker's estimate of 10 to 15 hours for the full campaign, with only the early story in Early Access.
• Story: Says the story is told through the world more than through dialogue.
• Building and creating: Lists base building and settlement upkeep among the launch features.
• Fighting: Describes fights with alien animals using primitive weapons, and says fighting everything is not always wise.
• Exploring: Lists open-world exploration beneath Mars as a launch feature.
• Unlocks and progress: Says mutation is an alternative to ordinary character progression.

cogconnected.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Tension and danger, Story, Kind of game.

• Tension and danger: COGconnected, 2026-04-19, calls the setup tense and the ecosystem hostile.
• Story: Describes a sci-fi mystery about a missing crew and an infection that changes people.
• Kind of game: Says the survival mix has a strong cooperative focus.