Wired Productions and Storm in a Teacup have announced that the Nikola Tesla-inspired first-person horror game, Close to the Sun, is available now on the Epic Games Store. The game is currently priced at £24.99 in the UK, €29.99 in most European countries and $29.99 in North America.
Grounded in an alternative 19th Century where famed inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla was able to fulfil his potential and change the world forever, Close to the Sun sees players step onto the Helios, a colossal vessel for scientific research, steeped in horror and mystery. As the heroine, Rose, players find themselves walking the massive area looking for their lost sister on the majestic yet mysterious ship created by Tesla.
Furthering the game’s experience is an exclusive single from pioneering Australian folktronica act, Porcelain Pill, that players can listen to right now on YouTube or Spotify. Composed by Porcelain Pill founder Adam Scott-McGuinness, the Close to the Sun single was created for the atmospheric horror game of the same name, exploring the title’s dark themes and warnings through stunning vocals and mesmerising instrumentals.
Leo Zullo, Managing Director at Wired Productions, said:
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Close to the Sun out on the Epic Games store for fans to experience. From the beginning, this was a true passion project for all involved, which grew into an amazing journey that is ending in a stellar and memorable release which we can not wait for players to get their hands on.”
Carlo Ivo Alimo Bianchi, CEO & Founder, Storm in a Teacup, added:
“Nikola Tesla once said “Our virtues and our failings are inseparable.” Everything we have learnt so far has carried us here, we have poured all of our knowledge and passion into Close to the Sun and are truly excited to see players finally experience the incredible world our team has created.”
Enjoy!
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Will definitely add this game to my EGS library at some point.
When it’s free?
like 98% of my twitch game library XD
Installed it yesterday, didn’t play yet but people are saying it’s very short and repetitive.
I’ll test and see if this free game have something to be proud of.
This is not a free game or are you saying you pirated it?
(?????? ?)
Is that a yes?
yes, report him please, i did my part as well.
Oh yeah boie, it is!
But don’t bother with the game, it’s kinda boring.
Looks beautiful, though.
Hey Don, maybe no one told you, but everything is free on the Epic store 🙂
Epic, make piracy great again.
Flag for prompting piracy
Sounds interesting, let me check the user reviews..
oh right
Maybe its not that expensive in my country…..whoops, don’t think so
Please stop advertising for the Epic store.
Thanks for the Stream Troll.
Yeah they are retards, nothing more to say. Would they also want that there
would be only say nVidia and Intel. So those stupid F*CKRS would have to pay even more!
I just got a RTX 2070, but damn, do I hope Navi will do some good. Time for AMD to shine, as we all benefit from it!
Just like with epic store…Good thing i stayed tuned for more…
This.
why? you some kinda steam elitist? dont like developers getting more money? dont like free games?
How many developers do you know? How many of them are homeless and/or visiting food banks?
Do you understand what anti-consumer means?
“Do you understand what anti-consumer means”
Is that when steam forums bans me because I mentioned that a game was buggy and I wanted a refund?
I buy games only for Steam, GOG, PSN. Sorry.
Ah, gee Troll much?
GOG is bad shop? Why?
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I don’t think the word troll means what you think it means.
Flag for shill?
i would rather buy games on epic than PSN.. since i hate all console exclusive games
Torrent is out.
Epic, make piracy great again.
More Flag for prompting piracy.
Poor Don, keep flagging moron.
How many sales do we want to bet for this one? Nine, twelve?
Like 320k?
‘World War Z sold 320k on Epic Games Store’
But Hey thanks for the Steam Trolling.
Tried the repack.
Epic, make piracy great again.
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Too niche for Fortnite kids.
Like 320k?
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-02-world-war-z-sold-320k-on-epic-games-store
Hey thanks for the Steam Trolling.
maybe the game is good, MAYBE. if i make crappy game even epig store can’t help.
Like which ones?
Close_To_The_Sun-HOODLUM
Going to threaten to punch them in the face?
You know man, now I wanna punch you in the face. Because that’s all you keep asking of FTL.
It’s a malware
So is the Epic Games Store.
True, but i try to avoid any malware.
Maybe you could add a little more detail? I found the archive to be clean.
What more details do you need? Setup.exe was detected as a malware.
Your mother had malware. Cut the Schitt man. You know better dude.
Woah nice manners, chill your tone, what are you bipolar? Windows defender flagged it as a malware, and if defender found it…besides it just came out i don’t really think they had the time to add it into the false positive list…
Detected as what type of malware? What scanners did you use? Did you verify after install?
TBH. Your comments sound like a rampant dose of arseflapping. Maybe you are related to Don?
You’re out of your mind, don? Who are you talking about?
I don’t care what type of malware is, i already told you windows defender detected it.
Smells of BS. What did you download?
Are you braindamaged?
https://i.imgur.com/CtdlZEY.png
I managed to download a completely clean version (executable(s) via virustotal), which MD5 verified source, installed, and then once again MD5 verified installation.
Makes you wonder who is brain damaged (it’s actually two words)…
No, not really, i already have clear thoughts on that.
Congratulations i can’t bother with that, it’s not a game i’m that eager to play, also i downloaded the game from 2 different sites same thing…
Enjoy the trojans
Steam trolls promoting piracy as expected, sad.
normal people dont read forum. forum user are 2/5% of current customers.
Only people that are mentioning Steam are the Epic morons.
Epic, make piracy great again.
is it a walking sim?
I’m beginning to think it is. I’ve been playing for 3 hrs and all I’ve done is hide, puzzle and read some papers.
hey atleast it has puzzles
I Personally Created This One. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2e61c6eacd00fd88ef8c30fbad8d8db492ba91f93c2e6e04db730d5903a89f91.jpg
Seems more like a mystery game rather then horror. Looks good though….
Time to find a torrent. Not that I have internet service right now but one day.
If this was the game that was “inspired by BioShock”, I was actually going to buy this. But nope, not until it’s on Steam. Funny enough BioShock was the last time I actually torrented a game I wanted, 12 years ago, before I bought like 9 copies of it.
Flag for prompting piracy.
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Don is gonna need a bigger tube.
No he wont, he carries his own bucket around.
Lmao thanks I’m having an annoying Friday and that made me crack up out loud.
Just block the retrd man.
Block yourself.
Oh the tantrums again! LOL
It’s already been cracked. ?
#epicfail
Another Flag for prompting piracy.
John doesn’t care if anyone talks about piracy. He just doesn’t want any links to it on his site. You’re bothering him with all of these flags for nothing.
Oh I know, It was released yesterday and within 3 hours i was playing it while riding the 7 Seas’s. I will pirate the ever loving SCHITT out of any game that goes epic Exclusive or have DENUVO and i urge you all to do the same. If i can come out of retirement and start pirating after 15 years, so can you. I will also be buying a 2 TB SDD, just for piracy early next week. It’s gonna be a great year, I tell ya. Fuq you Timothy Sweeney!
I Personally Created This One.
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Now that im back to pc gaming and just love horror games. This one I will definetly check out!
And about those F*CKN Steam – fat Gabe lovers, I say: Yeah one more for the Epic. F*CK Steam and thank you for Epic Store.
Everyone will benefit from it. For the fist; devs got much more money. But ppl as allways are so F*CKN RETARDED!
IMO, Epic gamestore is the best thing happen for pc gaming in a long long time!
You must be as stupid as you sound, or maybe more? Stay tuned for more.
How many homeless devs do you know? How many visit/use food banks? The Epic store is anti-consumer hence only morons will support it.
Epic, make piracy great again.
Dude this game is nothing like bioshock. I’ve been playing for 3 hours and I haven’t shot a damn thing or attack anything. This is basically outlast with Tesla.
Epic…make piracy great again…