Edge of Sanity release date set for September, new trailer

Edge of Sanity, the 2D survival horror game from publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Vixa Games, just got a release date. The two sides are lining it up for September 13, 2024 on Switch.

It’s been two years since Edge of Sanity was unveiled for Switch as we first heard about it in August 2022. Daedalic has since come on board to handle publishing duties.

We’ve got a rundown of what to expect in the following overview:

Edge of Sanity is a psychological survival horror game set in the unforgiving wilderness of Alaska featuring hand-crafted 2D art and intense atmosphere inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

You were part of a resupply group helping scientists working in the Alaskan field lab. Finding the site devoid of humanity you stumble upon horrifying creatures, and during the escape your group splits up. You were lucky enough to make it out alive and set up a provisional camp to plan your future expeditions to find out what happened.

Explore hostile caves, forgotten mines and hidden laboratories in search of precious resources for you and other survivors. Look for clues to uncover the dark secrets of the mysterious PRISM organization and unveil a tragic story about scientists who inexplicably vanished.

Each day in this area is a tough fight for survival. Limited food and supplies, and your sanity stretching to the edge. Be prepared to improvise and look for any advantage you might have against various monstrosities. It’s all up to you whether the darkness fully consumes you or you manage to cling on to what remains of your sanity.

Key Features

• Madness Affecting Every Game Aspect – Each dramatic event during your traverse across Alaska leaves a permanent scar on your mind. Accumulating madness results in acquiring traumas, affecting your characters’ actions and sense of reality, opening new dialogue options, and enabling you to craft entirely new items.
• Complex Base Management – Even in the most hostile environment, you need a place to rest and plan your future expeditions. Find and assign remaining survivors, and send them out on scavenger missions and build stations to produce food, water, and other resources. But don’t let your guard down – with people being on the edge, anything can happen.
• Multiple Ways of Approaching the Fight – Learn your enemy’s weaknesses, impair their senses, manage resources and make use of crafting abilities and the surroundings to survive against powerful monstrosities. Whenever you are out of options, you can try fighting using your axe… but be prepared for a lethal outcome.
• Difficult Choices and Intense Atmosphere – Uncover the dark deeds of local cults, face horrific monsters and explore the unexplainable. Welcome to Alaska during the Cold War, full of people losing their sanity and beasts inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, a place where good and bad choices don’t exist.

View a new Edge of Sanity release date trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

Look for Edge of Sanity on the Switch eShop. More coverage can be found here.