Thymesia was revealed last year as a competent look, but not very imaginative soul-like – a “souls-very-like”, as Rich put it at the time. It was set to be released on December 31, 2021, a date often used as a placeholder until developers can set a real release date, and quite rightly, OverBorder Studio and publisher Team 17 announced today that the game will actually be out in August. 9.
With permission from IGN, we also have a new trailer showing Thymesia in action, and although I’m not an expert on the genre, I have to agree with Rich’s assessment that it actually looks like its stylistic ancestors. The Steam page works hard to separate it, with a tale of switching to a “raven form” during combat and using “plague weapons” in combat while battling to regain lost memories in the wake of a form of alchemical disaster.
In practical terms, though, it looks like you’re going to block, dodge, roll, and drop the hammer on a bunch of crooked weirdos infecting a gloomy fantasy world. Familiar things, of course.
The good news for those who want a closer look is that a demo of Thymesia is also available now. It’s a not terribly large (by today’s standards) 6GB download, and promises access to “a small part” of the game. Unfortunately, it’s only available for one week for some reason – perhaps to try to give a sense of urgency – so you only have until May 9 to try it.
If you encounter any bugs in the demo, you can report them in this Steam forum thread, and while you wait for it to be configured, take a closer look at Thymesia’s match and talent tree in the April video below.