Sker Ritual is a co-op wave shooter first and foremost but it will feature in-game challenges, tasks, and some soon-to-be-revealed events, which will reward you with story content (as well as unlockable content). The choice is yours, play solo if you're brave enough or grab up to 4 players to tackle the onslaught of Quiet men together.

Set shortly after the events of Maid of Sker, Sker Ritual takes place in the early-1900s with a little more of a steampunk influence. There is action, adventure, survival horror, mystery, and a little gothic science fiction. Sker Hotel has moved on a little since you last saw it, it's now in the 20th Century and has a few surprises still to come.

The Quiet Ones have returned, only now they seem a little more... undead. Maid of Sker fans might also recognize a new and improved Blazeslinger, Banshee, Mariner and Phantom. These juggernauts are tough to take down and each have a unique set of abilities that will force you to change-up your playstyle, change your location, or enlist the help of your teammates! Old enemies aren't the only ones to curse the lands of Sker, there will be more new faces — even some without faces.

Wales Interactive have released Steam Early Access patch 0.5.0 adding brand new cutscenes with more to come, the introduction of Dread Levels, epic boss music and so much more!

The publisher/developer also announced that Sker Ritual will launch for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in April 2024!

Sker Ritual Patch v.0.5.0 - 13/10/2023

INTRO CUTESCENE

Delve into the beginnings of the Sker Ritual story in a brand new intro cutscene. Discover your fated purpose against The Quiet Ones and the upcoming battles against those who will do anything to stop you. Plus, there will be more cutscenes coming soon!

PERK UPGRADES

A whole new batch of perk upgrades have been unlocked! There are now 5 perk upgrades available that can be obtained using Blodwin's Vitrols that come in 3 tiers: Basic, Advanced and Elite. You can receive Basic Vitrols every 5 waves but Advanced and Elite are only available at higher waves.

You can only activate 1 perk upgrade at a time.

MIRACLE EXPLORATION MENU

You can now explore all available miracles and their descriptions in an easily accessible menu which will also give you some insight about each associated God. Plan and execute miracle combos with ease to experience even more ways to take on the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.

DREAD LEVELS

Now also introducing Dread Levels! These additional 20 Dread Levels reward you for levelling up your profile with a new level frame, they can be accessed in menu by going to Upgrades -> Dread Levels

NOTES

There is more Sker Ritual story to discover in the newly added notes which can be collected by finding them in levels and enemy drops. Snoop through diary entries, flick through research notes, and analyse shipping records to unravel the truth.

There are 52 to find, what will you discover about the happenings on Sker Island? These notes can be accessed in menu by going to Profile -> Notes

BOSS MUSIC

Final Boss Encounters just levelled up! Each Final Boss Encounter will now be accompanied by boss music.

ADDITIONS & ISSUE FIXES

• Added a notification for each time a teammate dies
• Added a notification for each time a teammate revives
• Added a notification for when a Stalker enemy gets spawned
• Added UI to show the timer of a player when they can still be revived for free by their body
• Changed Visual for the free timed revives
• Fixed an issue that caused enemies to be stuck at their spawn points
• Fixed an issue causing enemies to not follow players quickly enough when using teleports
• Fixed an issue causing enemies to sometimes disappear in front of other players in an online game
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to stall sometimes if an effect attempts to be applied on an enemy that was destroyed
• Fixed an issue that caused the next game to break if a game is exited while an enemy is destroyed
• Fixed an issue that caused the combat damage text to stop showing

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Sker Ritual will launch for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in April 2024.