Moonscars is a metroidvania platformer with a dark, brooding art style. The game features a desaturated colour palette with highlights of contrasting colours like red and yellow.

Moonscars puts players into the shoes of protagonist Grey Irma. Sticking to its Dark Souls inspirations, the game hopes to teach players a new lesson with every death as they try and overcome seemingly-unsurmountable challenges.

As Grey Irma, players will be able to use quite a few combat abilities, such as attacks, parries, and even unique special weapons and magic spells dubbed Witchery.

Moonscars takes place in a dark fantasy setting, with a story described by studio Black Mermaid and publisher Humble Games as “filled with twists and intricate worldbuilding.”

Moonscars is a dark action platformer with game design in the vein of the Metroidvania genre. It features a desaturated look, with highlights of contrasting colours, like red and yellow.

Back in June, Moonscars got a trailer showing off its gameplay. The trailer showed off the game’s dark fantasy setting, alongside some of the combat skills that will be part of the player’s arsenal. The trailer also showed off Moonscars‘ non-linear level design.

The gameplay trailer from June ultimately ended by showing off one of the game’s boss fights—Cruel Lajos—who is described in the trailer as having been a former comrade of the player character.

Moonscars also had a free demo available as part of Steam Next Fest at the time. The demo has since been taken down.

The trailer emphasises Moonscars’ dark fantasy setting, while showing off combat skills and non-linear level design. Those interested can check out the free demo that is currently available on Steam, and will be available through the end of Steam Next Fest on June 20.

Moonscars goes for a desaturated look, with highlights of contrasting colours like red and yellow. The trailer shows off one of the game’s zones: The Earth Bowels.

In true Metroidvania fashion, the ability to dash through the air will have to be discovered by players so that it can be used to explore further areas of Moonscars. You can expect several other lock-and-key ability-gating design instances as well, true to the genre.

Ultimately, Moonscars’ new trailer ends by showing off one of the game’s boss fights—Cruel Lajos—who is described to have been a comrade of the player character in the past. Check it out below.