Cartoon aesthetics, power-ups, gigantic final bosses and a plethora of playable characters will come together in a shooter in which each game will be a different adventure.

Die After Sunset is an original third-person roguelike shooter featuring open environments where the difference between light and shadow is particularly important.

In each level the player will have to get the best possible equipment among a selection of crazy artifacts. It depends on it to be able to overcome all the challenges and to unravel the mystery behind the Murkor invasion, some nice alien beings at first sight... until they are covered by the darkness.

Journalist April Blazestrong is the initial and main character on Die After Sunset; investigating the inner workings of a crashed alien ship she activates her Artificial Intelligence which, against all odds, will help her stop the Murkor invasion. Thanks to the AI, April will have the direction, technology and weapons needed to unlock the secrets of the invasion, but she must do so before the sun sets. 

Ahead of its Steam Early Access launch, PQube and developer Playstark are inviting players to try out Die After Sunset during a Free Playtest Week on Steam, starting today until August 30th, giving you the chance to explore the first level of the game.

Playtest gives players the chance to try out the game, and help shape development with feedback in the Die After Sunset Discord server.

Free multiplayer update, many more arenas, characters, game modes and more to come with a detailed roadmap setting out the next few months of the game.

With 4 updates across the next year, Die After Sunset will more than double in content by launch.

Luckily, April won't be facing the Murkors alone, as she will unlock playable characters to help her in her quest as she progresses through the levels. Each one of them will bring new specific skills that will offer the player different ways to face the invasion.

Playing Die After Sunset means fighting a countdown at every level, which marks the inevitable arrival of one of the Murkor leaders. The player has to manage to delay the appearance of the boss as much as possible by completing randomly generated and assigned missions in real time: Destroy Murkor nests that are about to explode, prevent these aliens from eating the museum pieces, manage to reactivate the electricity to avoid running out of light...

Coming out victorious in these missions with the best possible result will offer unique improvements to the player and the extra time needed to make it to the head of the area and advance to the next adventure a little closer to nightfall.

Key Features:

• Battle alien forces against the clock to prevent them extinguishing the sun and thwart their invasion
• Chaotic third-person shooter with unique light and dark mechanics
• Rogue-lite gameplay featuring permanent upgrades and meta-progression
• Complete all levels in one clean run, fall at any point, and it's back to the beginning!
• Weapons, power-ups, and a plethora of playable characters to unlock
• Procedurally generated enemies, quests and loot drops that make every run a totally different challenge
• Battle Murkors, adorable and clumsy aliens in daylight, but vicious intergalactic beasts in the shadows
• Countdown in every run to gigantic boss battles
• Coming to Steam Early Access later this year with 2 single player levels
• Free massive multiplayer update and many more arenas to come

Die After Sunset will hit PC (Steam) and consoles in 2022.