New indie Corpus Edax channels Thief and Dark Messiah in a sci-fi package

Are you, too, sick and tired of having to wait for all the good immersive sim games to release from Early Access to play them? Well, good news then, because the physics-driven Corpus Edax – following the Thief and Dark Messiah schools of game design – is coming out very soon.

Corpus Edax describes itself as a lo-fi sci-fi immersive first-person melee RPG that’s “set in a distant retro-futuristic city on the brink of a revolution and on a planet that hides its own secrets.” It’s a bit of a mouthful, to be frank, but there’s really no easy way to describe a true immersive sim without resorting to tongue-tying exercises, honestly. Those who enjoyed Dark Messiah of Might and Magic back in the day will find much to enjoy in Corpus Edax‘ new release date trailer, I feel.

Indie immersive sim Corpus Edax releases on August 28

As per the trailer featured above, Corpus Edax is due to hit the stores on August 28, and the really good news is that there’s a playable demo available on Steam right now. It’s an excellent demo, too, and I highly recommend giving it a shot. While it doesn’t necessarily speak to the quality of the game’s full roster of 12 unique levels, it does offer a solid vertical slice of Corpus Edax gameplay mechanics. Spoiler: they’re pretty darn great.

The bit that sets Corpus Edax apart from most other modern immersive sims is that it fully embraces melee combat. Players that end up stacking points into physical skills will, therefore, find themselves ragdolling enemies left and right, while those who invest in stealth will play something more like a Thief than anything else. It’s an exciting mashup of gameplay options, honestly, and as long as Corpus Edax lives up to what’s on show in the demo, this is bound to become a must-play for fans of the ImSim niche.

Corpus Edax will – if it ends up delivering on its promises – be just the thing to play while we wait for Raphael Colantonio and Wolfeye Studios’ next big ImSim project. We still don’t have a title for the mysterious first-person game, but we do know it’s going to be roughly set around the Wild West era, which is neat. There really aren’t many of these games coming out at the best of times, so the presence of smaller-scale titles such as Corpus Edax is worth celebrating. With the game coming out in just a few days’ time, we won’t have to wait long to see how good or bad it ends up being.