The Black Ice

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• Announcements·23 Sept 2026Official

  The Black Ice — Gameplay Showcase

  Welcome to The Black Ice.Watch an extended gameplay showcase featuring exploration, survival, combat, and the dark atmosphere of the frozen complex.❄️ Explore a hostile frozen facility🔦 Search for clues and uncover hidden secrets⚠️ Survive dangerous encounters🧊 Experience the cold, isolated atmosphere of The Black IceThis broadcast features pre-recorded gameplay footage from The Black Ice.Add The Black Ice to your Wishlist and follow the game for future updates!
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• Announcements·25 Jun 2026Official

  Sharing Development Progress on The Black Ice

  A few months ago, our survival horror game The Black Ice entered Early Access. Since then, we've received a huge amount of feedback, suggestions, and bug reports from players. Thank you to everyone who has already visited Vostok Station and shared their experience with us.The Black Ice is a survival horror game set in Antarctica. After a mysterious extraterrestrial substance is discovered deep within the ice, all communication with the Vostok research facility suddenly ceases. What was supposed to be a groundbreaking scientific discovery quickly turns into a nightmare. Players must explore the abandoned station, uncover the secrets hidden beneath the Antarctic ice, and fight to survive when every breath could be their last.Today we'd like to share what the team has been working on over the past few months and give you a glimpse of what to expect from our first major content update.The update will introduce two brand-new chapters, adding approximately 90 minutes of gameplay, possibly even more. But that's only part of what's coming.Fixing Issues and Improving the ExperienceOne of our highest priorities has been addressing the issues reported by players.Over the past months, we've reviewed all accumulated feedback and implemented a large number of fixes, covering both technical problems and various gameplay-related issues. The goal was simple: make the experience smoother, more stable, and more immersive for everyone returning to Vostok Station.New Chapters and Unexplored LocationsThe upcoming update introduces two completely new locations.For now, we'd rather avoid revealing too much and spoil the sense of discovery, but we're excited to share a few new screenshots.Let's just say one thing: some secrets beneath the Antarctic ice were better left undisturbed. 🙂P.S. We've also added some rather unusual new enemies. Arachnophobes have been warned.A New Interface and Improved AudioOver the past months, we've completely redesigned the game's user interface.Every UI elemen...
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• Patch Notes·24 May 2026Official

  Update Postponed: The Black Ice

  Friends, we’ve made the difficult decision to slightly push back the release date of our upcoming update. We know this is never the news you want to hear, but right now, our priority isn't just hitting a deadline—it’s delivering the level of quality that we can truly be proud of.We are fully doubling down on quality. Currently, we are completely overhauling the UI and putting a lot of work into polishing the melee combat, which turned out to be much more complex and demanding than we initially expected. It’s incredibly important to us that the game feels better—not just visually, but in the core gameplay experience itself.Thank you so much to everyone who continues to follow our projects, leaves comments, purchases our games, shares reviews, adds them to wishlists, and supports us. For an indie team, this truly means the world! ♥️Play The Black Ice right now, or add it to your wishlist while you wait for the update:
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• Patch Notes·17 Apr 2026Official

  The Black Ice Update: Date Announcement & Roadmap

  Greetings, Antarctic explorers! The team has been hard at work developing the project, and today we are ready to pull back the curtain on its future. It’s time to share our plans for the months ahead! May 25: First Major UpdateMark your calendars. A massive update is coming that will significantly expand the game world:New Locations: Explore uncharted sectors of the sinister complex.Story Expansion: Discover new plot details and find answers to the mysteries hidden within the frozen wasteland.Gameplay Evolution: We’ve refined core mechanics to make your survival experience even more immersive. Project RoadmapWe’ve prepared a development roadmap for you. While we’ve chosen to keep some surprises "in the shadows" for now, we’re excited to share these key milestones:Mechanical Depth: Deepening the survival systems and environmental interactions.New Threats: The roster of enemies will grow, introducing creatures that will force you to move with even greater caution.Atmosphere: Expect even more tension, unpredictable moments, and true horror set against the backdrop of permafrost.Remember: In Antarctica, the darkness doesn't just hide your enemies — it is an enemy itself. Support Us! The game is already available in Early Access, and your feedback helps us make it better every single day. If you haven't braved the cold yet, now is the perfect time! Add The Black Ice to your wishlist and join the ranks of the survivors:
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• Announcements·24 Dec 2025Official

  Early Access The Black Ice

  Friends, we are happy to announce the early access of our game The Black Ice on Steam. Let our release be a small gift for you for the New Year holidays. This is the time when atmospheric stories, cold weather, and complete immersion are especially welcome.Description:The Black Ice is an atmospheric horror game set in the abandoned Antarctic station Vostok, cut off from the world by ice, silence, and uncertainty. A brave agent is sent to the station after a distress signal. He must find out why communication has been lost, where the staff has gone, and what lies behind the locked doors. The game's title refers to a rare natural phenomenon—black ice, which contains foreign, possibly extraterrestrial particles buried under the Antarctic cold millions of years ago.The game was developed over a year and a half by Antelus Games in collaboration with St. Petersburg-based Red Crab Games. The project has come a long way during this time, and players now have access to about 3–4 hours of gameplay in early access. And, of course, the story is just beginning, with future updates bringing new locations, a continuation of the plot, and a gradual expansion of the world.What awaits players?A Russian-made Resident Evil.Focus on loneliness, survival, and exploration.An atmospheric horror game with an emphasis on solo survival and exploration of an abandoned station, where your every action matters.As many requested, the main character (Evgeny Topa) now wears a cap when he is outside. Professional voice acting from GamesVoice with full Russian and English versions.Localization on Steam in 11 languages:RussianChineseEnglishFrenchGermanItalianJapanesePolishPortuguese (Brazil)SpanishTurkishA huge number of bugs have been fixed in the game, and lighting and environmental details have been improved. The visual effects and atmosphere of the complex have been significantly reworked in terms of art design, adding even more atmosphere and immersion.Early access is the starting point for the g...
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