ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Released Dec 2025

Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.

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Evaluation

ANGST: A Tale of Survival launched on December 5, 2025 as a full 1.0 release. In the weeks following launch, the developer at Cherrypick Games was highly active: a bug fix patch (1.0.3) shipped on December 8, a feature update with new recipes and quality-of-life improvements on December 12, a difficulty selection and combat improvement patch on January 9, 2026, and Steam Deck Verified certification on January 13, 2026. Notably, the December 12 update explicitly stated the team was "working on something big" but could not yet commit to dates or scope. The December 23 holiday post confirmed improvements were being crafted, with more details promised after the team returned in January 2026. However, no further posts have appeared after January 13, 2026 — and as of June 20, 2026, more than five months have passed with no developer communication. This silence is notable because the developer had explicitly promised additional information in January and hinted at a significant unannounced update. The game was also launched at a budget price point ($7.99) and received post-launch updates at a brisk pace, suggesting the team was active and engaged — making the subsequent silence harder to explain. It's unclear whether the promised "big" update is still in development, has been quietly abandoned, or is simply delayed.
Evidence
Holiday message stated the team is 'currently crafting the next improvements to ANGST' and will share more details after returning in January 2026.
news post · Dec 23, 2025 source content planned
high
Developer post one week after launch confirmed they are 'working on something big' but unable to commit to dates or scope yet, promising more information soon.
news post · Dec 12, 2025 source content planned
high

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Details

Publisher
Games Operators
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

ANGST is a dark quest-driven survival game set in the frozen, mysterious world known as The Hollow.

You wake up in a small cabin, surrounded by a vast, ice-bound wilderness. Suddenly, a mysterious voice breaks through the radio. You don’t know if it’s a friend or an enemy… but you have no choice. Only this voice can help you survive.

During the day, prepare yourself: gather resources, craft tools and weapons. At night, deadly beasts and strange entities emerge. Some will guide you further; others will begin the hunt. It’s time to step into the darkness.

Discover the secrets of The Hollow by completing quests that reveal the forgotten history of the land and the truth about who you are.

Explore forests, frozen rivers, and abandoned structures. Search deserted cabins, fish through the ice, and set traps for wildlife. Remember: the deeper you venture, the more dangerous it becomes.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Survival in the frost: prepare during the day by gathering and crafting; face deadly creatures at night.

  • Journey through The Hollow: help wandering souls whose quests uncover the past - and your place in the present.

  • Trust no one: some will help you, others will hunt you.

  • Meaningful choices: gain experience and decide which skills to learn.

  • Adapt: upgrade your character, develop abilities, and refine your strategy.

  • Fight to survive: loot abandoned sites, fish under the ice, chop wood, and hunt wildlife.

  • Tense, dynamic survival: every sound could mean danger. In The Hollow, nothing is what it seems.

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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