Ain’t no mountain high enough! // July FFG Newsletter
Maybe the true GOAT were the goats we met along the way 🙇
Hello Friends,
We have a jam packed July newsletter for you today! We may or may not be very stressed and we also may or may not have just spent two days running around Edinburgh drinking buzzballs… More on that later. Let’s get into our gaming news!
⛰️ There’s Summit In The Air 🧗
Have you heard the news? No? Well then turn your hearing aid up Grandpa! We’re climbing mountains as old people, pogoing up steep cliffs and eating beans straight from the can! And you can too! The co-op climbing game Sunset Summit from two of the DEVOUR devs is launching on 21st of August!
Sunset Summit is a co-op group climbing game for 1-8 pensioners friends! Head out on a chill but challenging climb with regular checkpoints. Use axes, ropes, pogo sticks, cans of beans, item delivery drones and more to help each other reach the summit before sunset! Pop your teeth in and secure those sock braces, we’re set off at dawn.
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🪙 We have a release date for Greedy Greedy Gnomes, an incremental RPG about breaking pots and optimising a Gnome supply chain to become a billionaire! Formerly known as Eldor’idle, this clicker game had a rebrand alongside the news that it’s launching on Steam on August 12th so get it in the diary and get ready to collect that coin!!!
🏰 Have you heard about our ultimate sandbox game, Sandcastle?! It’s our recently announced game within our publishing line up and has been going hugely viral on Instagram! If you’re as excited about this as we are, you’ll be happy to hear the Steam demo is coming out August 6th! Wahoooo!
🎤 On-Together launched the highly requested Voice Chat Update so you and your friends can now chit chat easily while you work and play! We had so much fun messing around with the update which you can hear in this trailer! Don’t worry though, if you really need to lock in, you can switch the feature off.
⛰️ A major free update for Laysara: Summit Kingdom dropped this month, including a whole new scenario with a brand-new story and new objectives! Will you be able to turn the mountain into a paradise for the Lowlanders, or will outside forces have other plans? Dun Dun Duuuuhhhhhhn!
🎮 Hungry for mooooore CloverPit? Well, we announced CloverPit for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 and PS4, with all the new platforms launching on August 13th! Let’s go gambling!!!
Team Lore
👀 The Future Friends summer meet-up will be rounding up just as this newsletter is being sent to you! We can’t wait to share what shenanigans we’ve got up to in Edinburgh in next month’s debrief. For now, we need some recovery time…
🏴☠️ Abi cosplayed and became Captain Edward Kenway this month, in partnership with Ubisoft UK! This super sick cosplay was created to celebrate the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced a.k.a one of the current Abi obsessions.
🐐 Louisa agreed to a ‘goat yoga’ event with the full belief that it would be little baby goats. It was not. She lived to tell the tale and that’s all that matters. Would she recommend to others? Maybe. Whatever floats your goat!
🐌 Adam went out in the dark of the night with a head torch and made slug soup. That is all. No further questions.
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RELEASE DATES!
🐌 Grow fruits and flowers with the help a snail pal in BuGarden, launching 22nd September! Plum Tree Games have announced the release date for their adorable desktop companion idle game. It’ll be launching on PC via Steam on the 22nd of September! Soon you’ll be able to plant seeds and watch them slowly bloom as you work or study. Feeling lazy? No worries – the little snail will help water them for you too!
🏢 Create a tiny metropolis in Combolands, launching August 24th! Crux Games – a small team composed of Skye Scott & Sam Alfred, designer of Terra Nil – have announced the release date for their roguelike citybuilder! Based on hit itch.io game Tiny Towns, Combolands was made with support from Landfall (HASTE, Content Warning, Peak). It’s launching on PC via Steam on August 24th!
⚔️ Craft a killer deck in Grail, launching September 1st! Indie dev Tijmen Tio (one part of Dutch indie collective Sokpop, the team behind Stacklands and Grunn) has announced the release date for his fantasy deckbuilder! In this fast-paced deckbuilder, your deck fights for you! Find synergies, choose your cards wisely, then sit back and watch the action unfold. Launching on Steam on September 1st.
MORE RELEASE DATES!
🚀 Push your piloting skills to the ultimate test in Rogue Eclipse, launching August 7th! Starfox meets Armoured Core in this epic roguelike spacefighter developed by micro-studio Huskrafts and published by Among Us devs label Outersloth. Launching for PC via Steam on August 7th!
🐰 Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate in Sephiria, launching 31st July (today!) After a year in early access, Sephiria is finally launching into 1.0 with its sixth and final chapter alongside more content updates for its full launch! Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe in this fate-defying action roguelite from the studio behind Dungreed.
🪱 Wriggle your way up the corporate ladder in Worming from Home, launching September 4th! Picture this. You are a financial analyst working from home. Oh… and you are also a worm? Dynamic dev duo / best friends Zach Northrop and Mason Sabharwal (The WereCleaner) have announced the release date for their viral comedy work sim, launching on Steam on September 4th. Fling your small body across the desk as you take calls, invest in stocks, and worm-maxx your way to that big promotion.
DEMO UPDATE!
The Greek Gods have blessed us with a Oh Apollo! Demo update! Everyone say thank you, Zeus!
Oh Apollo!, a hilarious oracle simulator set in Ancient Greece from the creators of The Berlin Apartment and Constance, released a free demo update before it launches on PC via Steam in Q4 2026. Written by Cyrus Nemati (Vampire Therapist), this updated demo now lasts an additional in-game week and includes six new characters, a new location, more decorations for your home, a revised shop UI layout, and more.
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Only one more month of summer! Are we sad? Are we relieved? Probably both. See you next time!
Adiós
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