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MUMBAI/BROOKLYN — June 8, 2025 — 1000 Deaths, the award-winning psychedelic 3D platformer where choices dramatically alter the story and gameplay, developed by Pariah Interactive, enters the mind’s eye on PC via Steam on Thursday, Aug. 7, as revealed at IGN Live today. PlayStation 5 will join the trip down memory lane in a future date. Play a brand-new PC demo, available now as part of Steam Next Fest.
Guide Vayu, Maxie, Terry, and Boga, aliens with problems all too human, through the crossroads of their life. Across three, highly replayable, 20 minute episodes, lead them from birth to death; as they learn about the world, form their identities as teenagers, make their stamp on the world as adults, and look back on the consequences of their actions in their dying days.
Jump into each character’s evolving Headspace, the architectural embodiment of their moods, as a fleet-footed television set, and roam the plains of their embroiled minds in more than 45 eccentric, story-centric stages. Flip gravity, deploy jetpacks, alter levels with toggle switches, and space out.
Collect Broadcasts, videos playing on 1000 Deaths’ TV mascot character’s screen, that illuminate interpersonal conflicts residing within the cast. Choose how to curve their convictions into meaningful life choices to unlock new levels and gameplay mechanics tied to their inner turmoils like fear of commitment, desire for power, and penchant for nihilism. Make peace with each character as they endure the cycle of life, aging, and death, and make vital decisions to steer their lives in drastic directions.
Failure is an option, actually. No sweat! Conflict resolution has consequences, but you can always try again (and again) in a branching, non-linear narrative. Navigate replayable, abstract realities across three episodes with a total of 12 possible endings. Play at your own pace in Story mode, or put your platforming skills to the test in Arcade mode with 47 levels that stretch the bounds of 1000 Deaths’ mechanics.
“I love platformers, especially ones that rely on interesting ways to move around: Super Mario Galaxy, Crash Bandicoot, and modern games like A Hat in Time, and Celeste in particular...” said Prashast Thapan, founder of Pariah Interactive. “How I wanted to make my mark was to put my own spin on how to fuse the joy of play and memorable characters with a narrative structure and themes that you rarely see in platformers.”
“We’re telling stories about weighty topics – the struggles of forming your identity, the darkness that lies at the heart of our beings, how others change us and we change others, and the role that media plays in influencing our desires and decisions. All the major events in 1000 Deaths begin when a character is in front of a TV, and these external influences impact their lives in ways I hope our audience thinks about. We’ve really tried to strike a difficult balance: making a game that’s both fun and thought-provoking.”
1000 Deaths releases Thursday, Aug. 7, on PC via Steam as revealed at IGN Live, with support for text in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. Play a brand-new demo today on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest. A PlayStation 5 version is in development, with other platforms to be announced at a later date.
For more information on 1000 Deaths, follow Pariah Interactive’s official pages on X, Instagram, and Facebook, check out their official YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, and join the growing Discord community.
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About Pariah Interactive
Pariah Interactive is an independent games and XR development studio based in Brooklyn and Mumbai dedicated to bringing surreal experiences into reality. Founded in 2019 by Prashast Thapan, they’ve grown to collaborate with contemporary artists and organizations to transform often untold narratives, histories, and mythologies into digital interactive experiences for wider audiences.