Survival Game Lost Rift Enters Early Access on September 25
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At Gamescom 2025’s Future Games Show, developer People Can Fly revealed a new trailer for their upcoming survival FPS Lost Rift. The trailer showcased fresh gameplay and confirmed that the game will launch into Steam Early Access on September 25.
Lost Rift Early Access Price and Launch Discount
When Lost Rift enters Early Access, it will be priced at $24.99, with a 20% launch discount available until October 5.
What to Expect in Lost Rift Early Access
Lost Rift is a first-person survival shooter that blends base-building, cooperative PvE, and high-stakes PvPvE combat. Set in a mysterious archipelago, players wash ashore on the island of Pioneers’ Landing to survive, explore, and fight for resources.
Key Early Access features include:
10+ Hours of New PvE Narrative Gameplay: The anomaly walls around the island have vanished, bringing new quests, enemies, and secrets to uncover as you explore the island with your friends.
Solo/Co-Op PvE & Multiplayer Combat Expeditions: Survive alone or with friends in teams of up to five in a cooperative PvE experience. Gather resources, craft armor and weapons, and prepare for high-stakes PvPvE expeditions where you must risk everything to extract rare loot needed to advance.
Survival Sandbox & Base Building: New shelter building mechanics using a tile-based system. Create the perfect place to craft, repair, upgrade gear, and enhance your odds of survival.
Exploration: Traverse diverse biomes, from jungles and beaches to stations and outposts, each with unique challenges and opportunities.
“The upcoming Early Access release of Lost Rift is a big milestone that reflects our team’s hard work and dedication to delivering a fun, new kind of first-person survival adventure,” said Creative Director Laurent Malville.
The folks at People Can Fly are known for their experience in shooters as they are the studio responsible for games such as Painkiller (2004), Bulletstorm (2011), Gears of War: Judgment (2013), and Outriders (2021).
Lost Rift is being developed by a small 20-person team at People Can Fly, the studio known for Painkiller (2004), Bulletstorm (2011), Gears of War: Judgment (2013), and Outriders (2021). While this is only one of several projects in development at the studio, Lost Rift marks their first foray into the survival shooter genre.
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