2026-09-10 14:56 UTC · Community Announcements · Margoaw
Hello Chosen Ones,It's been some time since we shared news on this page but it is a big day today as our brand new title, Ex Sanguis, is now available in Early Access! Inspired by Othercide, but in a brand new universe, Ex Sanguis shares not only the studio of Othercide, but the color palette and timeline being your main weapon will obviously ring a bell to many of you!Ex Sanguis combines dynamic turn-based combat, strategically triggering epic chains of events across the battlefield, with a roguelite loop making of your failures a path towards improvements and power!You can read more about th
2025-11-20 15:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Hello Chosen Ones,Long time no see! We've been working on a game recently, some of you might think, "Well I know this aesthetic!" And you would be right! We're working on a new game inspired by Othercide, but in a brand new universe: Ex Sanguis.Wishlist now!We were really pleased and excited by the reception of Othercide at release on all the platforms. You were also quite a few to enjoy the artbook and OST of the game. So we decided to keep doing what we do best: strategy games with black, white and red art direction!To give you a bit more information, in Ex Sanguis, you lead a group of Still
2023-12-13 17:07 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Othercide from French developer Lightbulb Crew is one of my favourite recent tactics RPGs. It's an atmospheric and rewardingly meticulous experience that typically pits you against overwhelming numbers, where victory comes about by carefully exploiting reaction abilities, positioning your troop of weary warriors just-so, and manipulating the initiative bar. At times, for me, it's up there with Into The Breach. But I do acknowledge that it's an acquired taste, not least because the narrative and extra-dimensional setting are relentlessly unpleasant - a terrible soup of mother metaphors and Penn
2023-12-12 16:59 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Othercide from French developer Lightbulb Crew is one of my favourite recent tactics RPGs. It's an atmospheric and rewardingly meticulous experience that typically pits you against overwhelming numbers, where victory comes about by carefully exploiting reaction abilities, positioning units just-so, and manipulating the initiative bar. At times, for me, it's up there with Into The Breach. But I do acknowledge that it's an acquired taste, not least because the story and setting are relentlessly unpleasant, a terrible soup of mother metaphors and Penny Dreadful imagery, in which you pit clones ag
2022-05-17 10:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greeting Chosen Ones, We have a special announcement for console players today. All the last updates, patches and the Dressed To Kill DLC are coming to Playstation 4 and Xbox One Buy Othercide and its DLC on console here: https://t.co/Diee04giUS {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/34e5d4edd2c1a7fa0e448ddfbfd65d87747bc03b.jpg Reminder of the main features the last updates contain: 🩸 Sharing is Caring Update (free) Players are now able to use the Seed system to share their runs with friends. It's great to compete in the same conditions and see who is the best! Console players will now be able to partic
2022-05-13 08:55 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greeting Chosen Ones, We've got something for you: a new Beat the Seed challenge on Discord! 🎁 Win an Exclusive Othercide physical artbook + special announcement for Xbox and Playstation players 👀 📅 May 12 - May 16 To facilitate the collection of results, the challenge will be handled on Discord. Join our Discord: click here 🩸 A reminder of the Seed system: The Seed system allows you to play and compare your progress with friends. A Seed is a code (a small line of digits between 6 and 7) that determines everything in a campaign: the order of missions spawned, the monsters encountered and t
2022-05-02 15:47 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greetings Chosen Ones, We know that some players crave more Othercide content, that's why we wanted to share a special TikTok account with you. The development studio behind Othercide, Lightbulb Crew, has created a TikTok account with a lot of exclusive content. Follow us: Othercide on TIKTOK You can also search for 'Lightbulb Crew' on TikTok. You will find: Exclusive announcements, Development processes, Behind-the-scenes moments, Trends with game mechanics A ton of funny things! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/d073084bf3ecb10fb28692aeda6c54a166c625c1.png Hope you will enjoy your time there! Othe
2021-12-16 15:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greetings Chosen Ones, After the Beauty Will Remain Update and Dressed To Kill DLC launched on December 13 and proposing you a customization feature, some players reported a bug that reset the weapon appearance during specific actions. To offer you the best game experience in Othercide, here is a Patch fixing this issue. Thank you for your amazing support. We hope you like the new update and DLC. Othercide team Patch notes Saves created from an older version are now loadable (GOG issue only) When triggering a cutscene in fight (backstabs, interruption skills, etc.) the weapons are no longer re
2021-12-13 14:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Chosen Ones, The Dressed To Kill - Cosmetics Pack is a paid DLC with exclusive cusomization options linked with the Beauty Will Remain Update which contains a new customization feature for the daughters. All info about the Beauty Will Remain Update here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/798490/view/3149701079619875585 The update and paid DLC are now available on Steam and GOG. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/b113d1dda88728648bd9e78062c24bef9b7862a7.jpg Expand the variety and flair of your daughters’ looks with the Dressed to Kill - Cosmetics Pack including outfits, eyes and weapons skin var
2021-12-13 14:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Chosen Ones, The Beauty Will Remain Update is now live on Steam and GOG. This update, containing a new customization feature and bugfixes, is accompanied by the Dressed To Kill - Cosmetics Pack, a paid DLC with exclusive design options for the daughters and their weapons. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/a4c83efacd75775280f5fb043bf1d18157c7b6d9.jpg 🩸 A new customization feature: A whole new feature has been added to Othercide: a customization tool. You will now be able to modify your daughters' appearance as much as you want. The weapons are also customizable now. To do so, you will have to go to
2021-12-10 17:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Chosen Ones, We're proud to announce that the Beauty Will Remain Update and the Dressed To Kill - Cosmetics Pack will be live on December 13. This update will contain a new feature and a certain number of bugfixes. As you may have noticed with the images shared on our social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and Discord server, a totally new feature will be implemented in the game. Have a look at the teasers on social media: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/bde544c19940874db5222589525ff4c6e995cb8f.jpg Eyes modification on a daughter {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/1e41a4093b51c5d5b0e8dbf5b8a895f3a21
2021-11-05 22:31 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greetings, Chosen Ones, Even if the spooky month is over, we've got something for you! We're pleased to announce that a Beat the Seed challenge will start today, November 5 and end on November 9. It's you chance to win an Othercide 4 pin set. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/15599a9f7847abf3003205233a9b5590cefb6409.jpg To facilitate the collection of results, the challenge will be handled on Discord. Join our Discord: click here 🩸 A reminder of the Seed system: The Seed system allows you to play and compare your progress with friends. A Seed is a code (a small line of digits between 6 and 7) that
2021-06-28 10:02 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greetings Chosen Ones, After the Sharing Is Caring Update launched on June 23rd, some players reported a bug that could block your progression on era 5 if some specific conditions are met. To offer you the best game experience in Othercide, here is a Patch fixing this issue. Thank you for your amazing support. Othercide team Patch notes Fixed a bug which could block the game in Era 5. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/438a8e6631a5aa38f9665b24e5ddc557c9f76bfc.jpg
2021-06-23 09:57 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33544040/5606ced66904edb89ea0c57090c2d8ddfa0d0869.gif Greetings, Chosen Ones, The Sharing is Caring Update is now live on Steam! Discover the new features we added to Othercide along with some QoL changes and bug fixes. The Sharing is Caring Update is based on your reports and suggestions. We want to thank you for being such an involved and great community. To download the Sharing is Caring update, don't forget to quit Steam and reopen it to see the update appear. As always, feel free to give us any feedback and suggestions, or ask us any questions. We’re more than willing t
2021-06-18 17:07 UTC · Community Announcements · Lightbulb Crew
Greetings, Chosen Ones, 6 months after the November Update, we are back with some news! We carefully read you comments and suggestions and decided to release a new update based on your feedbacks. Thanks a lot for being an involved and great community! After a successful Open Beta last month, we are glad to announce you that the Sharing is Caring Update will be launched on June 23rd. This update contains news features, allowing you to share your game experience with friend and other to improve the QoL. Read the complete change list below and be ready to overshadow your friends! Spoilers! New fe
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