Survival City Builder DarkSwitch Launches its Public Demo Today

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Survival City Builder DarkSwitch Launches its Public Demo Today

The fog is relentless. Only the tree’s light can bring hope.

Almaty, Kazakhstan - August 20, 2025 — Independent developer Cyber Temple is excited to lift the curtains today on the first playable demo of their upcoming survival city builder, DarkSwitch. Just premiered at the Future Games Show, a new trailer shares an overview of the world’s background and the challenges of isolation that the player’s settlement faces, surrounded by a relentless fog that harbors monsters threatening to consume it all. The tone is one of hope, however, as expansion and prosperity prevail in the face of hard choices. But will you be able to survive the threat of mind-crushing fear?



DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder where you manage a city built atop a colossal tree, high above a deadly fog that surrounds it. While city building and survival are the heart of the gameplay, you’ll also engage in quests for exploration, defend your city against the mysterious threats, and unravel a multi-threaded storyline that shapes the future of your people. The narrative unfolds through quests, dialogues, and cutscenes, while gameplay evolves around tasks and building objectives, technology progression and community development. The game’s entire 2-hour prologue is available for everyone to play starting today, introducing players to the basics of long-term strategic survival.

The main antagonist here is the enigmatic fog, which impacts citizens’ health and morale, and is modeled using custom voxel grid technology, creating dynamic, unpredictable fog shifts and ambisonic SFX. A once-thriving society faced a life-threatening enemy when this mysterious mist swept across the lands, warping their minds and consuming everything. In a desperate attempt for survival, those who still stood fled upwards towards the treetops, and rebuilt their homes above the deadly haze. Life is now harsh, the fog is not just a natural disaster, but a living, malevolent force that corrupts it all. As the leader of a treetop colony, you’re responsible for guiding your people through these new challenges, rebuild civilization, explore and scavenge the ruins of a lost era, gather resources for survival, and fight this strange eerie threat. Survival is fragile, but above the ground there is still hope in unity.
DarkSwitch is being developed by an independent, diverse, and global team of veterans, and the game’s soundtrack is being made by famed composer Akira Yamaoka, who is infusing the scenes with an eerie, desolate vibe that matches the doom of the surrounding darkness.

A 30-second promotional video of the demo was also published today.

Features:

Build a variety of buildings—industrial, social, and defensive. Research new technologies and develop specialized machinery to advance your treetop city. Build high, build safe!
Manage scarce resources, balance the distribution of raw materials between construction, defense, and the needs of your residents. Distribute wisely!
Light up the streets to repel the fog, fortify defenses, and make difficult choices to secure the survival of your city. Save lives, protect souls!
Venture into the fog to gather rare resources and uncover ancient artifacts. Lead expeditions to rescue survivors and push the story forward. Understand the Fog, uncover its origins!
Develop your city’s leaders and unravel an epic story through quests, objectives, and side missions, all centered around four main protagonists.


DarkSwitch is set to launch in October 2025 on Steam.
For more information:

Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3132870/DarkSwitch/
Follow DarkSwitch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkswitch_game/
Follow DarkSwitch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkSwitchTheGame
Follow DarkSwitch on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/DarkSwitch_Game/
Follow DarkSwitch on X: https://x.com/DarkSwitch_Game
Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DarkSwitch_Game
Press kit: https://impress.games/press-kit/cyber-t ... ark-switch

About Cyber Temple

Cyber Temple is an independent game development studio founded in Kazakhstan in 2022 by industry veterans from both the video game and fintech sectors. With a mission that extends beyond game creation, Cyber Temple seeks to connect cultures, realities, and aspirations through immersive digital worlds. The studio is powered by a diverse, global team of 40 experienced developers and publishing experts with backgrounds in indie and AAA titles, all united by a passion for pioneering new frontiers in gaming.

Learn more on: https://cybertemple.one/