Ecstatica 1 & 2 Headline SNEG’s Six Classic PC Reissues Landing on Steam in Q4 2026
Boutique publisher SNEG has confirmed it is bringing six classic PC titles back to Steam and GOG, headlined by the long-unavailable 1994 survival horror curio Ecstatica and its 1997 sequel Ecstatica II. Publisher SNEG announced it is releasing more classic PC titles through Steam and GOG.com, with the six newly announced titles including Dungeons & Dragons RPG Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor and action RPG Dark Earth, alongside turn-based strategy games Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria and Soldiers at War, plus survival horror games Ecstatica and Ecstatica II. Steam listings and a company statement place the reissues in a Q4 2026 launch window.
Ecstatica’s Ellipsoid Horror Returns After Decades Offline
Ecstatica remains best remembered for the unusual “ellipsoid” rendering technique that gave its characters a rounded, almost bulbous look instead of the sharp polygons typical of mid-’90s 3D games. According to its Steam listing, Ecstatica is a cult survival-horror adventure by British developer Andrew Spencer Studios, published by Psygnosis, and is famous for its one-of-a-kind “ellipsoid” graphics. The same listing notes this marks the first time the game has been available digitally.
Series creator Andrew Spencer explained the reasoning behind the unusual visual approach in an interview with Next Generation magazine back in 1996, saying “The main advantage is the organic-looking characters. Triangles tend to make hard, robotic-looking figures, whereas ellipsoids can be used to create more rounded, human alternatives. Ellipsoids can also be more efficient because you can make a much better looking character out of fewer shapes.”
The sequel followed three years later with a shift in tone. Andrew Spencer Studio’s early survival horror action-adventures Ecstatica 1 & 2 were originally published by the iconic Psygnosis in 1994 and 1997 respectively, putting players in the role of a nameless traveller in 928 AD Northern Europe, encountering an ominous village overrun by demons. On Steam, Ecstatica II is billed as a dark fantasy title in which players return as a prince to a kingdom sacked by demons under a blood-red sky, casting spells and trading blows to restore the shattered Elder Sign and free the sorceress Ecstatica.
Pool of Radiance, Dark Earth, Warlords IV and Soldiers at War Round Out the Slate
Ecstatica isn’t travelling alone. The batch also includes Stormfront Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons title Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, which is the fifth and most recent game in the Pool of Radiance series, set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, originally released in 2001 with an isometric third-person perspective utilising turn-based combat based on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition rules, and sees players set out to the abandoned elven city of Myth Drannor to investigate and put a stop to a newly discovered Pool of Radiance emanating evil.
Also joining the roster is Kalisto Entertainment’s atmospheric action-adventure Dark Earth, alongside two strategy games: Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria and Soldiers at War, plus Kalisto Entertainment’s 1997 cult classic action-adventure game Dark Earth. Rounding out the six is a WWII tactics title, described by SNEG as Random Games’ 1998 title Soldiers at War, which offered a tactic-based WWII campaign where players take control of American soldiers across single-player and PvP skirmishes.
SNEG Director Artem Shchuiko Frames the Slate as Preservation, Not Just Nostalgia
SNEG has built its reputation on resurrecting overlooked PC-era titles, and this new wave follows on from its earlier work restoring the Warhammer Classics catalogue. Announcing the six games, SNEG Director Artem Shchuiko said “At SNEG, we love bringing classic games back to life – especially the ones that were ahead of their time, or just unusual in interesting ways. This curated slate of 6 games is a great example of that. Each of them tried something interesting and pushed PC gaming in its own way, with all the creativity, ambition, and even technical limitations of its era.”
Shchuiko added that the goal extends beyond simple nostalgia, saying the publisher believes “these games deserve to be available again – for players who remember them, for people discovering them for the first time, and hopefully even for creators who may find a spark of inspiration in these lost gems.”
Q4 2026 Timing Coincides With SNEG’s Steam Publisher Sale
The announcement was timed deliberately. To coincide with its Steam publisher sale through July 27th, boutique publisher SNEG revealed that it will be bringing a slew of classic PC titles to Steam and GOG. Store pages for all six games, including dedicated listings for Ecstatica and Ecstatica II, are already live on Steam carrying a Q4 2026 release window, though exact dates and pricing have not yet been detailed.
For long-time PC horror fans, particularly those in Australia and New Zealand who may only remember Ecstatica from cover-disc demos in imported computer magazines, the reissues offer a rare chance to legitimately own a genre curiosity that has circulated mostly through abandonware sites for decades. Whether the tank controls and fixed camera angles of the original hold up for modern audiences remains to be seen, but the ellipsoid art style that made Ecstatica stand out on shop shelves in the mid-’90s is set to get a fresh airing on current hardware later this year.
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