Fans of atmospheric island puzzle games, rejoice - or panic, because you don't have much time left to prepare. Call of the Elder Gods, the follow-up to 2020's Call of the Sea, has just received a release date landing squarely in May, according to Rock Paper Shotgun.
If you somehow missed Call of the Sea, imagine Myst got a makeover with a mysterious tropical island aesthetic and a story that had no business hitting as hard as it did. The sequel is leaning into that same Lovecraftian puzzle-adventure DNA, and honestly the "Elder Gods" in the title is doing some serious heavy lifting in setting expectations.
One last puzzle before the final boss
The adventure puzzle genre has always had Myst lurking in the background like a final boss you can never truly defeat - every new entry in the genre gets compared to it, for better or worse. Call of the Sea earned its place in that lineage by being genuinely gorgeous and thoughtfully designed, so a sequel getting a concrete launch window is very much welcome news for fans still thinking about that ending.
May is basically around the corner, which means if you haven't played the original yet, you are dangerously low on time to do your homework before the sequel drops. Think of it as a speed-run challenge the developers didn't technically assign you, but here we are.
Why should you care?
- Call of the Sea was one of the more underrated puzzle-adventure gems of 2020
- The Myst-like genre is having a quiet comeback, and this is riding that wave hard
- "Elder Gods" as a plot device is basically a guaranteed vibe upgrade over a standard island mystery
No word yet on exactly which day in May players will get to boot this up, but the fact that a date exists at all means the developers are no longer hiding in the fog. Keep your puzzle brains warmed up - this one is almost in the queue.
