May 24, 2025 – Solo developer from Germany is bringing Curvature to Steam Next Fest with an updated public demo and a brand-new trailer—this time focused entirely on the game's raw combat, intensity, and momentum.
You can watch the trailer here
The trailer showcases Curvature’s deep, reaction-based battles and its hostile, atmospheric environments. The demo invites players to step into the role of a nameless machine, deployed to a volatile, corrupted planet ruled by gruesome creatures. With no hand-holding, players must navigate an interconnected world full of puzzles, intelligent enemies, and hidden truths—using everything from brute force to clever environmental manipulation.
Curvature is about exploration, adaptation, and confronting the unknown with whatever tools you can find. The demo gives a real taste of what makes this world dangerous and compelling—from smart enemy behavior to creative problem-solving.
Key Features:
- A dark, interconnected world: Explore diverse locations like caves, forests, ruins, and high-tech facilities—all filled with hostile forces and strange allies.
- Challenging combat: Engage in deep, reaction-based battles featuring smart, coordinated enemies who won’t fight fair.
- Creative problem-solving: Solve environmental puzzles with gadgets, physics interactions, and telekinetic abilities.
- Freedom of approach: Revisit earlier obstacles with new tools, or find clever alternate solutions using the environment and objects around you.
- Build your playstyle: Use unique melee and ranged weapons, tactical devices, mobility gadgets, and powerful alien tech to adapt to any situation.
The updated Curvature demo is available now and is a part of Steam Next Fest.
Play the demo here
About the developer
Pawel is a solo game developer from Germany who has been independently building Curvature for years. Focused on interesting and unique gameplay systems, atmospheric design, deep world-building and meaningful challenge, Curvature is a labor of love and an ambitious take on the Soulslike genre.