The Lost Mythologies
Released Jan 2016
The Lost Mythologies is a Chinese styled action game with intense combat. Use various skills to defeat loads of enemies, explore the ruins of the fallen empire and finally face the notorious ancient weapon - the Black Rakshasa.
66% positive · 1,720 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
The Lost Mythologies is a free student project released on January 28, 2016 by Basaltic Studio, a small team of developers completing mandatory military service in Taiwan. The developers were transparent from the start: the game is a 15–30 minute single-player demo, released for free because they didn't feel it was commercially viable. They explicitly stated on January 23, 2016 that "in our current situation it is impossible to make this into a full game" and that "this game will stay as it is."
Following launch, the team pushed a couple of quick patches to add English language support, with the last update on February 3, 2016 confirming English UI was live. That post also acknowledged ongoing localization issues but noted the team was already winding down due to military service obligations and financial constraints. There have been no developer communications of any kind since February 3, 2016.
The developers' own words make the content status clear: this game launched as a finished (if small) product with no plans for expansion. The studio intended to pursue a future, separate project once they completed military service and had sufficient resources — but that is a different game, not additional content for this one. The game is complete as released.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states: 'This game will stay as it is.' Describes it as a 15–30 minute student demo that cannot be expanded into a full game due to lack of money, manpower, and military service obligations. No timeline given for any future project.
Store description confirms this is a student project released for free, warns that bugs may not be fixed, and notes the developers plan to start a studio after graduation and military service — framing any future work as a separate next project, not continued development of this game.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Basaltic studio
Achievements
1
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Story
Thousand years ago, The civilization was almost completely wiped out after a great war.Centuries had passed, almost no one remembers the once glorious empire.
But, when the ancient history strikes back, you, the half god protagonist has awaken to prevent it to repeat itself all over again...
Note
This game's main focus is to show how much we're capable to do at a short period of time, but since we thought the result wasn't actually sellable, we decided to release this game for free.This is a student project, it may contain various issues and we CANNOT guarantee these will be fixed due to the reason mentioned below.
We're planning to start a studio after graduation and Military services(according to Taiwan law we have to finish it unfortunately).
For those who liked our work please stay tuned, hopefully we may roll out some information about our next project when we're back on business.
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