Indie developer Niko Skipz is working on Somber Heaven, an open world action RPG that looks to double as a means to fill that void no doubt left in Kingdom Hearts fans’ souls. If you want to help bring the game to life, you can back the title on Kickstarter.
The Kickstarter campaign has information ranging from the game’s story to its music. The basic premise follows thief-turned-blessed-protagonist Ardlan, who joins his childhood friend Calime, faced off against a Leak, a race of creatures that act as the “living embodiments of negativity” and plague Sonara.
The game promises fast-paced action, magic, combo modifiers, and costume customization. Basically, it sounds like it’s looking to be the next Kingdom Hearts, which with how long Square Enix has been dragging its feet with giving new info about Kingdom Hearts 4, it could be nice to see a game similar to it enter the ring, provided it doesn’t take too much inspiration.
As it stands, the game is, however, seeking funding through Kickstarter, which as we all know can be either home to some of the biggest gaming success stories or some of the most reputation staining projects out there. Additionally, this is spearheaded by the same person who started KH Re:Union X, a Kingdom Hearts fan project that hasn’t seen any updates since early 2023.
Somber Heaven obviously has no release date public, but the dev is working on a demo.
