One week until Strange Antiquities launches - save the date - 17th of September!
The standalone sequel to one of the best cozy detective games of the decade is coming out soon - and it's even more ambitious and intricate than its predecessor, Strange Horticulture
September 10th, 2025, Haarlem, Netherlands - Iceberg Interactive and Bad Viking invite you back to the shadow-filled streets of Undermere, to run an occult antiques shop. Identify mysterious artifacts and uncover the chilling mystery affecting the town in Bad Viking's new cozy and dark detective game, Strange Antiquities. Are you prepared to take on your role as apprentice Thaumaturge?
Strange Antiquities will release on the 17th of September on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, and selected Digital Storefronts) with an SRP of $17.99 / €17.49 / £14.99 anda 10% launch discount, and on Nintendo Switch (Nintendo eShop), where it's available for preorder with a 10% discount.
Wishlist Strange Antiquities on Steam and EGS
Pre-order on the Nintendo eShop
Watch the date announcement trailer:
Spooky season is approaching, and cozy gamers yearn to retreat to their warm blanket nests and hot drinks. No better way to get into the mood than by playing Strange Antiquities; explore Undermere and its catacombs and identify the arcane antiques that cross your counter, in a candle-lit shop filled with gentle purrs and secretive whispers.
Key gameplay mechanics
Every day, you will welcome new customers into the cozy, candle-lit interior of the shop. Their needs are unpredictable and often alarming, but never dull!
- Study and Identify: Examine, identify, and catalogue strange artifacts. Observation, deduction, and careful reference to our collection of illustrated tomes will serve you well. Mistakes can be… costly.
- Help… Or Hinder: When dealing with powerful items, your choices matter. Will you help someone with their problem, or curse them with a horrid affliction? In a small town like this, people remember your misdeeds.
- Explore and Discover: From time to time, you will need to leave the safety of the shop. Whether investigating rumours or retrieving artefacts, our well-loved hand-drawn maps will guide you to where you need to go.
- Solve and Uncover: Your day-to-day might already feel like a puzzle, but this store holds many more. Few know how old this building is, and fewer still know what secrets lie within its walls.
- Tending the Familiar: And, of course, Jupiter, the shop’s cat, demands daily affection. In return for his company, please oblige him with the occasional scratch behind the ears.
Strange Antiquities, sequel to Strange Horticulture
Strange Antiquities is the standalone sequel to Strange Horticulture, "one of the decade's best detective games" (PC Gamer). Rob and John Donkin, the creative duo behind the Strange Series, are confident that Strange Antiquities will have even more depth and intricacy to it, and cannot wait for the players to "piece things together for themselves – to delve into the details, to follow the breadcrumbs and to notice what matters". Apart from its gorgeous art style and enchanting soundtrack, here are the new features you can expect in Strange Antiquities:
- Closer Inspect System: Examine items up close—feel textures, observe details, and detect hidden properties. Is the artifact radiating cold? Or does it evoke an ominous sense of dread?
- Expanded Library of Esoteric Tomes: Delve into volumes such as the Guide to Occult Objects, Hermetic Symbology, and Gemstones and their thaumic properties, to solve puzzles and decode cryptic meanings.
- Enhanced Detective Work: Hone your skills as you solve intricate puzzles, discern between similar artifacts, and navigate the fine line between curative and dangerous items.
- A Richer World to Explore: Discover new maps, encounter a fascinating cast of characters, and unravel a dark, overarching mystery.
Iceberg Interactive and Bad Viking cannot wait for you to return to Undermere next week and experience firsthand the beautiful and eerie world of Strange Antiquities. In the meantime, why not explore the free demo?
Play the free demo on Steam
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Press Contact
- PR manager: Tea de Jong - PR@iceberg-games.com
- Publisher's Website: https://www.iceberg-games.com
- Developer's Website: https://www.badviking.com/
Related Links
- Press Kit: Google Drive
- Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/Strange_Antiquities/
- Nintendo store page: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/strange-antiquities-switch/
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ABOUT BAD VIKING
Bad Viking is the indie game development studio of UK-based brothers Rob and John Donkin. Over the last 15 years, they have been quietly making games across a wide variety of genres; most notably the indie hit, Strange Horticulture, which has been widely praised for its originality, rich atmosphere, and occult charm.
ABOUT ICEBERG INTERACTIVE
Iceberg Interactive is an independent video game publisher known for many hit franchises, including Strange Horticulture, Killing Floor 2, Heroes of Valor, and Circle Empires; the company has enjoyed recent success with PC titles such as Blazing Sails, Chivalry 2, Land of the Vikings, AirportSim, and Dead Season. Iceberg Interactive has many exciting games coming up, including Strange Antiquities, Second Sun, and Radiolight. To learn more, please visit www.iceberg-games.com.