Indie hit studio Free Lives (Terra Nil, Broforce, Gorn, Stick it to the Stickman, Angerfoot) has announced the release date for their “Buckshot Roulette”-like medical horror game Side Effects! The turn-based pill roulette game for solo players or up to 4 people online is coming to Steam on 21st November!
Side Effects is highly anticipated, with the game’s demos going trending on YouTube and Twitch on multiple occasions, drawing millions of views and over 50,000 Wishlists!
About the game:
Enter a twisted game of medical roulette where there can be only one survivor.
Welcome to Side Effects: a tense, turn-based medical roulette game. Each round you’ll be presented with a selection of pills. Some are helpful, some are harmful, and some mean instant death. You never know what you’re about to consume or what it might do to your mind or body. Winning means outlasting – AKA, outliving – your opponent across the table.
Side Effects can be played in singleplayer or online with up to 4 players.
Resist
Every pill impacts your resistance. Manage it wisely: zero resistance means death.
Experiment
Between rounds, you can choose from a range of experimental items and treatments that can shift the odds in your favor, from vaccines to mouth clamps.
You’re not alone
The other patient wants to outlast you. They’ll bluff, adapt, and use everything at their disposal to keep breathing one dose longer than you.
Would you like to participate?
The full version of the game will include:
- Single player mode
- Free Healthcare (endless mode)
- Multiplayer mode (2-4 players!)
- 20+ unique items
- 6 pill types to test
About developer and publisher Freelives
Free Lives are a team of teenage anthropomorphic turtles, led by their anthropomorphic beard wielding rat sensei in honing and perfecting their art of game jam jitsu to battle bills, pants, petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders. They met in the storm sewers of Cape Town, where they bonded over a love for dank accommodations, consuming copious amounts of pizza and remaining isolated from society-at-large.
Games developed by the studio include indie hits like Terra Nil, Anger Foot, Stick it to the Stickman, Gorn, Genital Jousting. Broforce and more.
