'Lost in a FairyTale,' a 2D survival crafting game under development by Pepper Games, will launch in Steam Early Access on the 14th.
'Lost in a FairyTale' depicts the survival of a child dropped alone in a fairy tale forest. Awakening in an unfamiliar forest, players set out to survive using a storybook left by a predecessor who arrived before them as a guide. They must gather materials, craft tools, and maintain a campfire at night to survive in the dark. The Early Access version allows players to play from the first night up to the Chapter 2 boss, the Big Wolf.
The core of the game lies in gathering, crafting, and base building. Exploring the forest, players can collect materials such as wood, stone, and quartz, and craft tools essential for survival like axes, pickaxes, and torches. At their base, players can set up crafting benches, charcoal kilns, blacksmith forges, and sewing tables, as well as build tents and farm fields and cook to expand their living foundation.
Environmental changes across the four seasons also impact survival. Players must adapt to different environments each season—from spring rain and summer heatwaves to the autumn harvest and snow-covered winter. They must manage hunger, thirst, body temperature, and sanity, and can contract illnesses from poisonous mushrooms, wound infections, heatstroke, and more.
The game also features narrative and exploration elements that utilize fairy tales. By collecting pages of the predecessor's diary scattered throughout the forest, the story of the forest fills the storybook one page at a time. Following the story leads players to encounter fairy-tale beings as bosses, such as the Gingerbread House Witch and the Wolf.
At the start of the game, players can customize their character by selecting positive and negative traits. Additionally, they can level up seven life skills—gathering, pioneering, combat, crafting, building, cooking, and farming—based on their activities, continuing their survival in a newly generated world every time.
During the Early Access period, Pepper Games plans to improve game balance, difficulty, quality-of-life features, and more based on user feedback. According to the Steam page, the Early Access period is expected to last about 12 months, which may be adjusted depending on development progress and feedback.
'Lost in a FairyTale' will launch on PC and supports six languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Detailed information regarding the game can be found on its Steam page.
