Hey, everyone!
With the Next Fest demo just around the corner, we’ve got a big announcement to share:
🪽Cloudheim will be releasing into Early Access this year!
Cloudheim has grown so much since our first playtests, and with all the content and changes we still want to add to the game, Early Access felt like the perfect way to bring the community along for the journey to 1.0. To reflect this, we’ve also given the store page a refresh, and with a new game capsule to boot!
Why Early Access?
Your feedback has already shaped Cloudheim in big ways from our playtests, and we want to keep that momentum going with Early Access. It’ll allow us to grow Cloudheim together, with the community, as we work toward a full release.
We also still plan to support consoles — including PS5 and Xbox Series X — at 1.0 release.
What to Expect
With the Early Access version of Cloudheim, you can expect to:
Master fast-paced combat and combo-driven attacks across four class playstyles with tons of unlockable weapons, skills, and accessories
Explore multiple islands, each with its own enemies, bosses, puzzles, and dungeons to discover
Build out your own home in the skies on Odin Shell, with crafting stations, helper Blins, and an ever-expanding store
Team up with friends with online co-op to take on challenges together
We’ll be sharing more details such as Early Access dates and a roadmap in a future announcement. In the meantime, please check out the Cloudheim Next Fest demo!
You can play the demo starting October 8th — five days before Next Fest officially starts, and it’ll be available until the 20th.
Feel free to join us over on the official Cloudheim Discord server, where you can share your impressions and make the game even better. And as always, thank you to our players for supporting Cloudheim. We can’t wait to be on this journey together with you!
— The Noodle Cat Team
Q&A
Why Early Access?
After the success of several beta tests, we were able to implement many changes and even new content based on player feedback. With Early Access, we’ll be able to continue that process and develop Cloudheim together with our community as we work toward the full game launch. We’re excited to bring Cloudheim to an even larger community for more feedback and iteration!
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
We expect Early Access to take 9 - 12 months and plan on adding regular content updates throughout this period. We’ll also be constantly evaluating the state of the game and sharing future plans in the form of announcements and roadmaps with the community.
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
While you can still enjoy dozens of hours of gameplay in the Early Access version, we intend to add more systems and content to flesh out the full experience from start to finish.
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
With Early Access, you can expect five explorable islands, each with a unique questline and tons of enemies, dungeons, and loot to discover. There are four classes, each with their own set of weapons and skills that allow you to mix and match playstyles. At your base, you can build, upgrade, and decorate your shop while unlocking systems such as fishing, gardening, weaponsmithing, cooking, and alchemy.
For the full release, we are adding more areas, questlines, loot, weapons, skills, and upgrades for your base.
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
Yes, Cloudheim will start with a lowered price to reflect the active development work being done on the game. We plan on increasing this at full launch.
How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
In the past year, we’ve established a track record of successfully running multiple beta tests and implementing changes, features, and fixes based on feedback from the players, and intend to continue that into Early Access.
We have an active community and regularly communicate with players on our official Discord server and on Steam. Cloudheim also has a built-in bug reporter where you can submit issues directly to us while playing.
