Hunger Sets 3 December for Steam Early Access, With Open Beta Before It
Good Fun Corp has set 3 December 2026 as the date its game Hunger enters Steam early access. Early access sells a game before it is finished, so players can try it and send feedback while the developers keep building it.
Before that, an open beta runs from 27 to 29 November, the weekend before early access opens. Anyone who requests access on Steam can take part. A beta is a test version, usually run for a short window to find problems before launch.
The studio is made up of the original developers behind Hell Let Loose. Hunger is an extraction shooter-slasher. In extraction games, players drop into a map, gather loot and try to escape with it. Hunger adds slashing combat, and it is a PvPvE game, meaning players fight each other and computer-controlled enemies in the same match.
Combat centres on melee weapons. Only a few firearms are available, and the developer has made them intentionally clunky, according to Eurogamer, which reported the early access date.
The launch version includes three large maps and six playable characters. It also has five Mastery trees, the branches of skill upgrades players unlock as they play, with more than 100 Masteries to unlock in total.
The developer says Hunger has more than 700,000 wishlists on Steam. A wishlist is a Steam feature where players mark a game they plan to buy once it is out, so the number is a sign of interest rather than sales.
Hunger has so far been announced only for PC. No other platforms have been named.
For players who want to try it early, the open beta is the first step. Those who want to keep following the project can expect the early access version to be updated as development continues.
