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Oro Cauda, a Solo-Developed Reimagining of Snake as a Six-Sided Turn-Based Puzzle, Launches Steam Page

Racibórz, Poland, July 9th 2026 - Meltersoft, the solo indie studio of Luke March, today announced that the Steam page for Oro Cauda is now live. The game reimagines the classic Snake as a turn-based puzzle played across all six faces of a cube-shaped world - floors, walls, and ceilings included.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr3puuIOp_o

Early gameplay trailer for Oro Cauda

In Oro Cauda, players grow a golden serpent while navigating maze-like levels and avoiding enemies to reach a temple, embracing sacrifice to continue the loop and change habitats. Enemies move only when the player moves, making every threat fully predictable and every solution a matter of foresight rather than reflex. Optional skills can ease the difficulty, but nothing is required - puzzles have no single correct path, rewarding experimentation as much as optimization.

Levels are set across hand-crafted biomes - forest, arctic, desert, and oceanic - all connected within a single, seamless world.

Key Features

  • Six-sided traversal - move across floors, walls, and ceilings on every level
  • Turn-based design - enemies act only when you act; every threat is fully predictable
  • No single solution - puzzles support multiple valid approaches
  • Optional skills - lower the difficulty without ever being required
  • Five hand-crafted biomes - forest, arctic, desert, and oceanic
  • Connected world - all levels exist within one seamless, continuous space
  • 90 levels planned for full release
  • Built solo in Unreal Engine 5

Fact Sheet

Developer Luke March (Meltersoft), Racibórz, Poland
Founded June 2024
Release date Q1–Q2 2027
Platforms PC (Steam) at launch; Nintendo Switch planned next; other platforms under consideration
Engine Unreal Engine 5
Steam page https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429100/Oro_Cauda/

 

About Meltersoft
Meltersoft is the solo indie studio of Luke March, based in Poland. Founded in 2024, it is built around the idea of small, focused, mechanically honest games - Oro Cauda is its first solo release, with future projects planned across different genres under the same studio identity.



Press Contact: contact@meltersoft.com
Business Contact: lmarchwiak@meltersoft.com