Forgotten Eras fact sheet
What a writer needs, on one page. Logos, key art, screenshots and review keys are in the press kit.
- Developer
- Behind the Hump, Larissa, Greece
- Founder
- Alexander Gorbenko
- Studio founded
- 2025
- Release
- 2027
- Platforms
- PC on Windows, Linux and Steam Deck, through Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG
- Demo
- Free on Steam. The new demo, with the Domovoy boss fight, arrives on 30 October 2026 on Steam and Epic Games
- Genre
- Hybrid 2.5D and 3D Metroidvania, action adventure
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Languages
- Text in English, German, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian. Voices in English
- Controls
- Full controller support, keyboard and mouse
- Age rating
- PEGI 7
- Price
- Not announced yet
- Steam
- store.steampowered.com/app/3423760
- Contact
- behindthehumpstudio@gmail.com, +30 697 749 1159
In one paragraph
Forgotten Eras is a hand-crafted Metroidvania, hybrid 2.5D and 3D, grown out of Slavic and Balkan folklore and built in Unreal Engine 5. A forgotten magic has been unleashed and the most infamous legends of the old tales are coming back: Baba Yaga, the Domovoy and other corrupted heroes. Ivan Tsarevich faces them with the Grey Wolf at his side. Hold the rune of Veles and you are Ivan, with the sword Kladenets, the bow and rune magic; let it go and you are the Grey Wolf, fast, following scent trails and slipping through what Ivan would have to climb.
How it is made
The characters are 3D models, animated by hand, key by key, by the team's animator. The environments are painted by hand, and the music is recorded with a live orchestra. There is no generative AI in the art, the music or the voices.
Trailers
- Gameplay teaser trailer, 2 minutes, September 2025
- Cinematic trailer, 1 minute 50 seconds, September 2025
Review keys and coverage
Keys for the demo are requested in the press kit, and the request reaches the team directly. To stream the game or monetise videos of it, write to behindthehumpstudio@gmail.com first, with a link to your channel.
The studio
Behind the Hump is an independent studio in Larissa, Greece, founded by Alexander Gorbenko. More on the About page, and the questions players ask most are in the FAQ.