Scars Above looks eerie, alien, and pyramidal

The sci fi adventure looks like a genre mash-up, which may be no bad thing.

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Scars Above, an upcoming Sci-Fi action adventure from Serbian studio Mad Head Games was announced at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live.

There are parts of the trailer that remind me of Control — not least the ominous inverted pyramids, which is in-universe referred to as the Metahedron, according to itsSteam page. It looks to lean far more into the alien than the eldritch, however, as you play as astronaut and scientist Kate Ward, stranded from her crew in a strange, hostile environment.

With the trailer showing Kate both trapping and gunning down gruesome, fleshy aliens, it’s curious that the listing emphasises that she’s not a soldier, but a scientist, but it also promises multiple environments to explore, analyse and learn from.

It looks extremelygenrewithout a hint of irony, which I can appreciate. Sometimes, you’re just a scientist who has crash landed on a mysterious planet because of, uh oh, problems, and now you’re in the thick of both mysteries and alien hostilities.

Scars Above is one of 12 gamessigned to Prime Matterlast year — many of which are equally Sci-Fi, but include among them Mount and Blade II: Bannerlords,which finally has its full release date.

For now, Scars Above doesn’t have a release date, with its reveal trailer promising only that it’s “coming Soon”. For more details, keep an eye on itsSteam page.

Catch up with our full list ofGamescom announcementsfrom Opening Night Live and check ourGamescom scheduleto find out when to watch everything else.

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