Mutant Year Zero developer The Bearded Ladies’ new game, Miasma Chronicles, will be released on May 23, 2023. Like Mutant Year Zero, Miasma Chronicles is a tactical RPG with turn-based strategy. It will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
Miasma Chronicles is set in an post-apocalyptic America where a mysterious force called Miasma has wrought despair and damage. Players follow the journey of two brothers as they start in a mining town and travel to find “answers which may change the course of human history forever,” according to the game’s Steam page description.
From Miasma Chronicles’ pre-release alpha gameplay released in Feburary, players can choose between a light tactical–described as a more predictable combat experience–and full tactical, a more chaotic and unpredictable mode. The game opens with protagonist Elvis, accompanied by his robot brother Diggs, trying to break through a Miasma wall with his gloves. He fails, and the gloves break.