The Stone of Madness Announced - a Real-Time Tactical Stealth Game

Merge Games has revealed The Stone of Madness, a "hardcore, real-time tactics and stealth game" coming to PC, Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X in spring 2021. Revealed on IGN's Gamescom Studio show, the game features an art style based on the paintings of Francisco de Goya, and sees you guide characters out of an 18th-century monastery 'madhouse'. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/the-stone-of-madness-trailer-escape-a-monastery-and-avoid-madness"] Played from an isometric viewpoint, the game begins by having you choose an escape plan (each with different requirements and difficulty levels) and sets you in a procedurally generated monastery with a full day-night cycle. You'll guide a selection of characters, each who begins with traumas and phobias which can either become better or worse due to your actions - although a press release makes very clear that this is primarily "negative character progression", designed to make for a hardcore experience. You can see more on the Stone of Madness steam page. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.