Helsinki, Finland - 29 July 2026 - Independent Finnish studio Part Time Monkey announces that DIRTNAP, a realtime take on Worms, will launch in Early Access on Steam for Windows and Linux on 28 August 2026. The game is available to wishlist now.
DIRTNAP is a fast 1-10 player arena shooter in which the entire battlefield can be destroyed. Every shot, blast and melee strike carves the terrain away, and lava, water and mud flow into what is left of it. Matches are played online over Steam or LAN against other players, against bots, or against any mix of the two, and the game also supports local split-screen couch play.
Key features:
- Fully destructible terrain, simulated pixel by pixel
- 1-10 players online over Steam or LAN, or in local split-screen
- Fill any slot with a bot
- Five modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Battle Royale, Capture the Flag and a four-round Tournament with upgrades between rounds
- More than 30 weapons, from rifles and rocket launchers to sledgehammers and banana bombs
- Seven characters, each with a unique ability
- Four biomes: Dunes, Permafrost, Mudlands and Volcano, each with its own hazards
- Fluid simulation for lava, water and mud that reacts to the terrain and to players
- Nine languages at launch: English, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese
"We are three Finnish developers who grew up on Liero, Soldat, Molez and Worms, and we wanted that same 'the whole map is a weapon' feeling in realtime," said Tuomas Erikoinen of Part Time Monkey. "Early Access is where we find out which parts of it players want us to build out next."
AVAILABILITY
DIRTNAP enters Early Access on Steam on 28 August 2026 for Windows and Linux. Review keys are available on request.
Links
- Trailer: https://youtu.be/t3EVJtMjT0k
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4956300/Dirtnap/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/r4hbwbCubm
DIRTNAP is developed by 3 Finnish indie devs; Part Time Monkey, Unstable Entity and Nitroyale.