Have a look at this upcoming dark fantasy stealth game with RPG and adventure elements that draws on Thief: The Dark Project and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. The Citadel Project, from a solo developer Reliquary Software, will launch on Steam in Early Access on November 11.

In The Citadel Project, you play as a nobody – a prisoner who escapes from a cell deep inside the Citadel, the last line of defense built by the Ancient Kings to preserve what remains of humanity in the face of the Great Storm. An evil force is now consuming the structure from within, and you must navigate its labyrinthine architecture with only a few tools and uncover what happened to it.

You are at a disadvantage in direct combat and have no magic spells, so survival depends on stealth, assassination, and your equipment. The game features a lighting system that calculates your exposure to every light source, letting you use areas of darkness or create your own. Your main tool is a crossbow with different bolt types, such as rope bolts, fire bolts, and bolts for extinguishing torches.

The developer plans to keep The Citadel Project in Early Access for one to two years. According to the Steam page, the current version offers the core features, two areas, and around three to four hours of gameplay. The full version is planned to add six more areas, expand the bestiary, and improve progression, RPG systems, and enemies.

As for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, one of the inspirations for The Citadel Project, the 2006 classic from Arkane Studios and Ubisoft is getting a Community Edition, a mod developed by wiltOS Technologies, Arkane Studios, and Kuju Entertainment that upgrades the game.

Thief: The Dark Project, for its part, is getting a remaster from Nightdive Studios, launching on December 4, that updates the classic Looking Glass Studios game with modern gamepad support, visuals up to 4K, 120 FPS support, and quality-of-life upgrades.

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