Everyone’s favourite scantily-clad Barbarian is getting a new video game in 2027, when Robert E. Howard’s most famous son, Conan, is heading to The Black Pyramid in search of adventure.
Developed by Games Farm – the team behind Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, which I really enjoyed when it released last year – this official Conan game certainly looks the part and comes from an experienced developer.
The studio has already had some fun with the IP, after featuring Conan as DLC for Jotunnslayer, but now it’s time for the developer, working once more with Grindstone, to go one better and make a whole game based on the brutal fantasy universe.
On that front, we’re promised a game where “sword and sorcery meets cosmic horror” in “an ever-changing labyrinth beyond time” – the eponymous Black Pyramid.
While Jotunnslayer was a hybrid bullet heaven, Conan: The Black Pyramid looks more like a traditional action-roguelite in the spirit of Hades. You’ll constantly be exploring proc-gen dungeons, engaging in combat with monsters during which you’ll be dodging, parrying, and unleashing devastating attacks that you’ve honed over each run.
Conan: The Black Pyramid is also going to support online co-op for two barbarians to go on killing frenzies together, with players able to share their progress and mix-and-match across the game’s roster of five playable characters.
Naturally, Conan is the main man, but Solomon Kane and Dark Agnes are also in the line-up.
Speaking of which, the five playable characters can be upgraded via their own so-called Warrior Memories. These will equip you with preset weapons and abilities that shape the way you play, with further variety added by an artefacts system and combat masteries.
Conan: The Black Pyramid is confirmed for PC (Win), with a planned release due in 2027. That said, if you’re itching to don a loincloth and smash some monsters in the face, you can apply for a spot in the ongoing playtest via the game’s new Steam page.
