Getting started with Conan: The Black Pyramid

Start on the Steam page for app 5367670: wishlist the game and, if you want into the first tests, hit Request Access. There is no purchase button, no review score, and no day-one patch notes, because the published release window is the year 2027.

Who is making it

Games Farm develops the game. Grindstone publishes it. Both are named, on the Steam announcement, as studios from Košice, Slovakia. The same note points at earlier Games Farm work a fan might already know: Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, Shadows: Awakening, and Vikings: Wolves of Midgard. Heroic Signatures is the licensor. Peter Nagy, Games Farm's CEO, framed the project as a careful return to Robert E. Howard's stories. Marcos Cronander, president of Heroic Signatures, singled out the eldritch side of those stories as the part this game is meant to show.

The official site footer also shows a Marsec Interactive logo beside Games Farm and Grindstone. The Steam developer and publisher fields, and the fact sheet, do not give Marsec a role. That role is unconfirmed.

What you are signing up for

A run is a descent through a labyrinth of ruins, ruined kingdoms, and occult halls pulled from different ages. You pick a route from chamber to chamber. You pick rewards along the way. Death is part of the loop: the announcement says each descent opens routes, story events, and permanent upgrades, and moves you closer to who did the summoning. Read runs before you treat it like a fixed campaign with one map.

The hero count is five. Named so far: Conan, Solomon Kane, and Dark Agnes. Spend time on characters before you plan a co-op pair around a hero who might not be in the first build. Sources disagree on that point, and it changes who you should expect to unlock.

What to learn before the playtest

You do not need a build guide yet. You do need the vocabulary the store actually uses. Warrior Memories are the loadouts. Artifacts change a run. Dice push loot. Progression is Wakestones and Combat Masteries. Combat is dodge, parry, execution, and a mix of melee, blades, guns, and sorcery. If a video calls the loadouts Veils, that is the press-demo name, not the name on the store.

Practical first steps

1. Open the Steam page from official links and wishlist it so the year gets a date on your follow list.
2. Request playtest access if you want to be in a wave. Details are on the playtest page.
3. Check the system requirements against your PC before you promise a friend a co-op night.
4. Ignore anyone selling a price, a season pass, or a code list. None of those exist on the store.

Verdict: Treat this as a wishlist and a playtest request, not as a game you can master from a wiki yet. The pages here are for sorting store promises from demo reports.

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