Chimera Entertainment is pleased to announce that its story-driven, turn-based strategy title Songs of Silence will be featured in the upcoming Steam Next Fest (October 9th-16th) with a publicly available demo featuring both single-player campaign and skirmish mode play.
Songs of Silence is a story-rich, turn-based strategy game. It offers fast-paced campaigns, intense real-time battles and stunning Art Nouveau visuals. Manage your kingdom, explore and lead iconic factions in their war against the world-corrupting Silence. The game features a unique mix of turn-based kingdom management, exploration and hero development, contrasted with short and intense real-time battles.
The atmospheric soundtrack is composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, the artist behind classics such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy 12 and Valkyria Chronicles.
Demo Content
The demo will offer players the opportunity to play through the first map of the single-player campaign as Queen Lorelai of Ehrengard, as well as engaging in additional PvE battles against two rival factions on set skirmish maps.
Story Campaign Map #1
Queen Lorelai of Ehrengard, one of the Starborn, is striving to lead her people to a new home. But as she arrives in the neighbouring kingdom of Elbin, she realizes its lands are at war. The hierophant Hauser, a friend of her father, requests her help in the liberation of Elbin. How will you balance protecting Ehrengard’s citizens and fending off Elbin’s assailants? Meanwhile, a greater menace looms on the horizon…
Skirmish Map
Test your strategy skills as the Thousand Kingdoms faction and take on two rival empires in a struggle for control of the map’s capitals.
Each faction and hero have their own distinct play styles, both on the map and in battle. Manage your locations, armies and assaults accordingly.
Features
- Build your armies from a unique roster of 120+ units.
- Explore and expand your influence across the kingdom by capturing and defending locations scattered across the map. Distinct locations grant access to unique recruitment options to bolster your armies.
- Manage your kingdom by upgrading, looting, or restoring locations you control using strategic cards and resources.
- Command mighty armies in fast paced real-time battles and support them by playing the powerful combat cards earned by your heroes. Engagements are fast and decisive, offering a fresh take on the strategy genre with new mechanics.
- Outwit your opponents by using the unique movement system to lay deadly ambushes in the valleys and forests of Elbin.
- Enjoy an epic soundtrack by renowned composer Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Valkyria Chronicles)
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