Aegyptus

Aegyptus is an open-world adventure inspired by Egyptian mythology, combining survival, puzzles and dungeon escape. Alone in the desert, you search for a way out, find water to avoid dehydration and complete objectives to enter pyramids. Inside, the game shifts to deadly dungeons where you evade traps and try to escape the Egyptian gods who block your way.

Survive the desert

You explore a large, borderless map freely as a real-time day-and-night cycle passes. Rain refills water sources, which are depleted by the desert heat. Footprints appear on the terrain in real time to help you avoid getting lost, while a torch powered by batteries helps you face the night. The HUD tracks stamina, dehydration, batteries and updated objectives, and you can switch between first- and third-person views.

The desert also contains giant worms called Titans. The story begins with a hand-drawn comic, and more than 50 sounds accompany the main character’s actions and the desert and dungeon environments.

Enter the pyramids

Completing objectives gives you access to pyramids, where the gameplay changes radically. You explore dungeons, solve puzzles, avoid traps and find the exit before sealing the pyramids and escaping. The game alternates between survival, deadly dungeons and escape, and includes eight complete puzzles and one dungeon.

Planned dungeon content

The description also lists the following as work in progress: three dungeons in their respective pyramids, with over 20 different types of traps; two Egyptian bosses, Anubis and Horus, who try to stop you in parts of the dungeons; hand-made paper designs that tell the story’s progression and are incorporated into gameplay; and quick-time events in certain sections.