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Steam gives Satellite Reign, 7 Days to Die and others the Greenlight
The latest round of Steam Greenlight-approved games is headlined by a few Kickstarter successes, perhaps most notably the only-recently-funded Satellite Reign. The Syndicate Wars-inspired real-time strategy title achieved around $611K in backing, and now heads to Valve's portal alongside open-world zombie horror 7 Days to Die and 70s sci-fi god game Maia. 7 Days to Die even-more-recently achieved its Kickstarter goal of $200K and still has six days of its campaign to go, while Maia from indie dev Simon Roth, self-described as Dwarf Fortress meets Dungeon Keeper, was funded on Kickstarter late last year. Other highlights from the round of 15 include The Novelist, in which you play a ghost who observes and shapes the lives of a family, the re-release of 90s horror The 7th Guest, sci-fi janitorial sim (yes really) Viscera Cleanup Detail, and another Kickstarter success in Nekro, which mixes Diablo-style gameplay with the charming art of necromancy. We've got the full list of newly Greenlit games after the break.
Nekro reaches Kickstarter goal, dev hopes to add customization, co-op
Randomly generated action title Nekro has managed to randomly generate $100,000 from Kickstarter donations, thus reaching its goal. In fact, developer darkForge has raised $12,000 beyond its goal, with around 60 hours to go as of this writing. The developer hopes to use the extra funds to add more modes and options to Nekro, specifically character customization and an online co-op mode.Should darkForge raise $120,000, it will include character customization, notably the ability to create either a male or female necromancer, while the co-op mode goal is currently $150,000. A versus multiplayer mode, unfortunately, is not in the cards, as "the amount of work required to balance spells, items and units is just too great," and darkForge would rather concentrate on the single-player experience.
Give top-down, Diablo-inspired action title 'Nekro' a look, a kick or a start
Nekro appears to have found the happy medium between hellish gore and shiny-happy creatures, and it wants to share this balanced, horrifying world with ours: All developer darkForge needs is $100,000, preferably from its Kickstarter. Nekro is a top-down, randomly generated action title where players are a powerful necromancer who subsists on blood and creates other demonic beings, such as Punge, a Boomer-like character with gigantic, menacing teeth who explodes poison on enemies. DarkForge's Kickstarter has already raised $15,000 and has 18 days left to collect the remaining $85,000. If pus, possession and poltergeists are your thing, go check it out.
