Laser Guided Games has announced a playtest for old-school dark fantasy action RPG Fractured Worlds is hitting Steam and Epic Games Store.
The developer behind the game is Matt Oelfke (previous work includes huge titles like Gears of War, and Unreal Tournament), and the game is described as “a unique hybrid ARPG experience featuring refined and up-to-date game mechanics and seamless multiplayer.”
As for the playtest itself, the description is: “This test will let players experience a slice of full game – including online co-op, invasions, Map Shards, and challenging boss encounters. So while content is intentionally limited, the Playtest offers a complete ARPG experience: procedurally generated dungeons, rare enemies with crazy modifiers, legendary loot, online co-op, a classless progression system, and dozens of skills so you can buildcraft to your heart’s content.”
In Fractured Worlds, players find themselves in a reality torn into fragments. Guided by a mysterious voice, you must explore broken realms, recover memory fragments to piece together the past, and confront the forces that caused the cataclysm.
Expect deliberate, precision-based combat where each weapon has a distinct weight, speed, and moveset. The game also features a classless progression system that supports mixing and matching a variety of equipment and skills, emergent multiplayer interactions with other players, and the ability to share part of your game world – complete with enemies and loot – with other players.
Here’s what you’ll get access to in the playtest:
- Full game systems enabled: This includes multiplayer, Map Shards, and complete combat
- A focused content slice: A limited number of zones to focus on progression and balance
- Multiple weapon archetypes: So you can experience build diversity
- Map Shard instances with modifiers: Test loot scaling and cooperative dynamics
Fractured Worlds is coming to PC in Q1 2026.