Here’s a little gem that might seriously catch your attention: a brand-new trailer has just dropped, revealing the game’s official release date. Team Fumehead have just announced that FUMEHEAD will be launching on PC. The news comes with a launch date trailer (that you will find at the bottom of the page) and a short message from the dev team to mark two and a half years of development. “Hope my fumeheads will like it” is the message they’ve left us with. With the game set in an underground environment and the alien disease issue, the characters may well have a very difficult time having any fun at all.
Players take control of Dart and Ami as they go in search of Slither (an alien disease) to eradicate it. Their investigation sees them into the caves of District 4 where worm hunting is also part of the picture. There’s a bit of a hand cannon in the mix as you go out to hunt for food.
Each protagonist has 40 unique skills (so the two leads have completely different skill sets to work with in turn-based battles). The more interesting and atypical pitch from the developers is their phase-based combat system which features a mechanic called a ‘Window of Opportunity’. As per Team Fumehead, this is intended to make you think about every move and to vary your approach, rather than just go with your one reliable strategy all the way through.
The ‘underground’ is clearly drawing on the classic sci-fi template with animated cutscenes, music by Filmmaker and Monogatari. It’s a two-man team behind it really: one person does the art, the other does the programming, the design, the writing, and the bespoke engine. That’s a fairly full job description in itself before you even get into the worms.
A playable demo is already out on Steam for those who want to give FUMEHEAD a go prior to its January launch. You can download it and wishlist the game via its Steam page in the run-up to the 7th January 2027 release. Below is the release date trailer.
