Florence, Italy, 27th May 2025 — Becoming Saint, a real-time strategy game of faith, conquest, and (sometimes questionable) choices, is set to conquer Steam on 15th July. The latest from Open Lab Games (developers or Roller Drama) and their publisher Firesquid, this highly replayable, tactical tragicomedy challenges you to convert all of medieval Italy to your ideals.
14th century Italy: a new saint arises. The Pope wants her head on a platter. The city-state leaders cower in fear of being the next targets of the cursing nuns, drunk singers, or whatever motley crew the saint has assembled.
Will you advocate for pacifism, or lead your cult as a Machiavellian noble? Choose your tenets, select your units, and harness the religious fervor of your followers to convert and conquer as many city-states as possible, paving your way to Sainthood, or die trying.
“Becoming Saint is a tragi-comic game: through a distinctive art style, our game tries to bring to life the stories of the poor, the unfortunate, and rebels,” explained Pietro Polsinelli, Game Director at Open Lab Games. “It tries to vividly portray class struggle and confrontation, present in religion too, with a light tone: messy fights, unwise decisions, questionable judgments, funny animations and characters. You can get more than a glimpse of all of this if you try the free demo, which is available now!”
Becoming Saint conquers Steam on 15th July, but you can get an early taste of sainthood in the demo, playable now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/Becoming_Saint/
Key links:
Press kit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15ZipF-pL942qKvrSS-wLZCUmbfLhMhV-?usp=drive_link
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99zomyiGYGM
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/Becoming_Saint/
Website: https://firesquid.games/games/becoming-saint
Press contact: press@mooncat.games
Content creator contact: creators@mooncat.games
About Open Lab Games:
Open Lab is an award-winning Italian independent studio and design agency founded in 2001. It works in multiple media and creates narratives based on popular culture themes. The team explores new narrative applications under strong artistic directions (Football Drama, Roller Drama). Becoming Saint merges an evolutive narrative and socio-political themes with a tactical medieval game of conquest.
About Firesquid:
Firesquid is a developer-focused publisher helping teams realize their vision. We form deep and trust-based relationships with our partners. Firesquid aims to create a catalogue of strategy titles that modernize and revisit the genre, while delighting our players the world over.