On the eleventh of November, 2026, a small studio and its publisher set a new cosmic-horror shoot 'em up loose on the Epic Games Store, asking a modest five dollars for a descent that runs from shoreline to ocean floor and beyond. It is the sequel to an earlier game, rebuilt from its foundations, and it carries an old human appetite for being frightened while staying in control of the ship. The Steam release is still ahead, and with it the question of how far a deep dark sea can be made to feel like a place worth returning to.
Eldritch Descent X Launches on Epic Games Store, Steam Release Coming Soon
The horror never hides a bullet.
Mark
So what actually launched today?
Mimi
A cosmic horror shoot 'em up, Eldritch Descent X, on the Epic Games Store for Windows. It's $4.99, one purchase, no ads, no microtransactions.
Mark
The sanity system seems to be the hook. How does it work?
Mimi
You can take corruption from the Old Ones to get stronger. The cost is that your sanity slips, and then phantoms join the swarm, the HUD glitches and lies, and voices whisper at you.
Mark
Lying interface in a game where you need to read the screen. Doesn't that get unfair?
Mimi
They address it directly: enemy fire is always magenta or cyan and drawn on top of everything. So the deception is meant to be about the interface and not the bullets.
Luke
That's the developer's design claim, though. We don't have reviews or hands-on reports, so whether it feels fair is unknown.
Mark
What else stands out?
Mimi
Two-player local co-op with shared lives but separate power and shields, and you revive a downed partner by flying over them. Plus four endings, 54 achievements and a daily descent.
Luke
Worth noting that all of this comes from the release announcement. Nothing here says how many people will play it or how long it lasts in practice.
Mark
And Steam?
Mimi
Listed as coming soon at $4.99, with a Microsoft Store version planned. No dates for either.
Luke
Right, so "soon" is the only timing we have.
Le Pouls
- Eldritch Descent X has just surfaced on Epic Games Store for Windows PC at $4.99, and the Steam version is close behind at the same price.
- Every pilot is pushed downward through five drowned strata, where every lord guards the bottom and the ship's sanity is always at risk.
- Corruption tempts players with greater power, but the screen begins to lie, the voices whisper, and phantoms crowd the swarm.
- Two pilots can share the descent in local co-op, reviving each other with a fly-over while holding separate power and shields.
- A Microsoft Store version is planned, though no dates have been fixed, so the dive is still widening.
On the eleventh of November, 2026, a small studio and its publisher set a new cosmic-horror shoot 'em up loose on the Epic Games Store, asking a modest five dollars for a descent that runs from shoreline to ocean floor and beyond. It is the sequel to an earlier game, rebuilt from its foundations, and it carries an old human appetite for being frightened while staying in control of the ship. The Steam release is still ahead, and with it the question of how far a deep dark sea can be made to feel like a place worth returning to.
On November 11, 2026, the independent studio MediaVerse Labs and its publisher, Eager Dragon Publishing, released Eldritch Descent X on the Epic Games Store for Windows PC. It is a one-time purchase at $4.99, and a Steam release at the same price is on its way.
The game is a vertical shoot 'em up of cosmic horror for one or two players. Ships descend through five drowned strata, from the Coast to the Void, past three levels each and a guardian and a lord at the bottom. Power is never free: taking corruption from the Old Ones makes the ship stronger, but as sanity frays the game begins to deceive, with phantoms, glitching HUDs and whispered voices. Yet enemy fire is always magenta or cyan and drawn on top of everything, so the dark never hides a bullet.
The sequel was rebuilt from scratch with painted art, a voiced story and two-pilot co-op, where partners share lives and can be revived by a fly-over. Scoring keeps the arcade spirit, and the release offers four difficulties, a daily descent, four endings and 54 achievements. It runs offline on Windows 10 and 11, supports controllers, and carries no ads or microtransactions. A Microsoft Store version is planned, with no dates yet.
On November 11, 2026, the independent studio MediaVerse Labs and its publisher, Eager Dragon Publishing, put Eldritch Descent X on the Epic Games Store for Windows PC. It costs $4.99 as a one-time purchase. A Steam release at the same price is described as coming soon.
The game is a vertical shoot 'em up built around cosmic horror, playable by one or two people. Players steer a lamp-lit ship down through five drowned strata: the Coast, the Abyss, the Sunken City, the Rising and the Void. The descent runs from the shoreline to the ocean floor and then past the sky. Each stratum has three levels, a guardian halfway through and a lord waiting at the bottom. There are seven lords in total, two of them hidden.
The central mechanic is that power costs something. Players can take corruption from the Old Ones to grow stronger, and as their sanity slips the game starts to deceive them. Phantoms join the swarm, the HUD glitches and lies, and the voices whisper things they should not. One rule holds through all of it: enemy fire is always magenta or cyan and drawn on top of everything else, so the horror never hides a bullet.
Eldritch Descent X succeeds the earlier Eldritch Descent and was rebuilt from scratch. The new version has painted art, a voiced story and local co-op for two pilots. In co-op the players share lives but keep separate power and shields, and a downed partner can be revived by flying over them.
Scoring follows arcade tradition. Points come from grazes, chains, point-blank kills, sea mines and cancelled enemy fire turned into gold, with extra lives at 1, 3 and 6 million. On the equipment side there are eleven secondary weapons, called medallions, which rank up to III. There are also boons: Overdrive, the Lodestone and the Tide Mirror, which throws bullets back at the enemy.
The release is built for repeat play. It offers four difficulty levels from Easy to Nightmare, a daily descent, four endings and 54 achievements. It also includes a Codex read aloud by a narrator called the Chronicler. Text is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, with voice acting in English and Spanish.
On the practical side, the game runs on Windows 10 and 11, plays fully offline and supports controllers. It carries no ads and no microtransactions. Beyond the Steam release, a Microsoft Store version is also planned, though no dates have been given for either. A trailer, screenshots and key art are on the studio's site, and a press kit is available for coverage.
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