Eternity Egg Cracks Open on Steam in Surreal Early Access Launch
Retro-flavored 3D platformer Eternity Egg has finally hatched into paid Early Access on Steam, bringing its bizarre low-poly worlds, trancey energy and hyper-kinetic movement to players on PC. Developed and self-published by USERLANDS, the game launched on 10 December 2025 as an Early Access title.
Described as a “chaotic adventure-platformer” with grotesque characters and fast, bouncy traversal, Eternity Egg leans hard into mid-90s CG aesthetics and high-energy music, wrapped in an exploration-heavy action-adventure structure.
An action-platformer built on kinematic movement
At its core, Eternity Egg is a 3D platformer with action-adventure elements. The big hook is its movement system:
- Bounce, wall-run, wall-flip, dash, slide and ground-pound across twisted islands
- Tight, responsive kinematic controls designed for speed and flow
- Platforming through a grotesque, surreal world rather than grounded realism
Combat and exploration are wrapped around the game’s strange technomagical theme. You wield an “entropic staff”, gathering displaced energy and trying to restore the land to a sort of perfect thermodynamic balance. Enemies show up as “entropy parasites”, warped creatures infesting the world.
Garbage mechs, gift economies & weird locals
Eternity Egg leans into its weirdness in pretty much every system:
- Garbage mech: You pilot an upgradeable municipal waste disposal mech to traverse the overworld between areas.
- Freakish denizens: The world is packed with unsettling locals you can talk to, poking at the game’s offbeat lore.
- Gift economy: Instead of a standard shop system, you trade trinkets and curios in a loose “wild west” gift economy.
- Warped reality: The narrative promises secrets buried in this distorted world, with story threads teased from the very first cutscene. ([Steam Mağazası][1])
What’s in Early Access right now?
The developer says they’re happy with the initial Early Access state, but is clear it’s still a work in progress. At launch, the Early Access build includes:
- An intro cutscene that sets up the lore and tone
- 15 different locations to explore
- 20 NPCs to meet and interact with
- 15 enemies of varying difficulty
- 4 bosses
- A “bunch” of items and equipment to find
- Time trial minigames
- “Tons” of collectables
- Unique music for every location
- A couple of secrets tucked away for early explorers
On top of that, the dev already has additional content lined up for December, including more enemies, fleshed-out locations and bug fixes.
If you’re expecting a fully polished, bug-free experience, the developer explicitly recommends waiting for the full 1.0 release next year. But if you’re happy to jump into something experimental and a bit janky, you can start helping shape the game now as part of the Early Access community.
Roadmap: from 5 islands to 20
For the 1.0 release, USERLANDS is aiming for:
- A complete story experience
- 20 islands to explore (up from the current Early Access scope)
- 3 bosses
- More minigames
- A polished combat system with tougher encounters
- More items to collect and equip
- Additional NPCs and questlines fleshing out the world
The estimated Early Access period is 6 months to 1 year, with active community involvement via Discord and social platforms where the dev plans to gather feedback, test new builds and watch how players respond to changes.
Price & platforms
Eternity Egg is currently available in paid Early Access on Steam for Windows. During Early Access, the game is discounted to around $20, with a planned increase to $30 at full release.
If you like:
- quirky, movement-driven 3D platformers,
- surreal low-poly worlds that feel beamed in from the late 90s,
- and the idea of helping sculpt a strange little passion project during Early Access…
…then Eternity Egg might be worth cracking open early.
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