{"id":1364489,"date":"2025-10-20T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mEW8MRWKrYr4RPfQ3QVuga"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:37:09","slug":"our-most-anticipated-13th-century-mongolian-horse-game-had-such-a-popular-next-fest-demo-the-developers-have-decided-to-delay-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/our-most-anticipated-13th-century-mongolian-horse-game-had-such-a-popular-next-fest-demo-the-developers-have-decided-to-delay-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Our most anticipated 13th-century Mongolian horse game had such a popular Next Fest demo the developers have decided to delay it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Legend of Khiimori<\/a>, which according to our very own Joshua Wolens is basically Death Stranding but you get to ride a 13th-century Mongolian horse instead of Norman Reedus<\/a>, was meant to launch into early access in a couple weeks following a triumphant showing in the recently-concluded Steam Next Fest. I’m sorry to say that’s not going to happen: The Next Fest demo went so well that the development team has decided to give it a few more months in the oven.<\/p>\n

“The wonderful reception during Steam Next Fest has led to us sitting down with our publisher and together we have decided to take more time to create a more feature and content-rich experience!” the team wrote<\/a>. “While this does mean that you all have to wait a little longer to get your hands on Khiimori, it also means we\u2019ll be able to make sure you get a better game when we do release into Early Access.”<\/p>\n

You might think that the decision to push back the early access launch reflects a negative reception to The Legend of Khiimori demo, but the dev team says that’s not the case\u2014and to prove it, they’re leaving the demo up on Steam<\/a> until November 30 rather than taking it down today as originally planned, so more people can sample it.<\/p>\n

The numbers also point to a positive overall response: SteamDB<\/a> says The Legend of Khiimori picked up more than 1,700 new wishlist additions during the week of the Next Fest, and while that’s nowhere near the 40,000+ pulled in by the chart-topping Arc Raiders, it’s a significant bump that’s good enough to place it among the top-50 gainers on Steam.<\/p>\n

That’s especially noteworthy when you consider that The Legend of Khiimori isn’t exactly aimed at a mainstream gamer audience: You play as a horseback courier in 13th<\/sup>-century Mongolia, delivering mail, running errands, and taking care of a remarkably detailed and\u2014based on Josh’s telling\u2014often finicky mount. But in a good way.<\/p>\n

(Josh, for the record, opined upon hearing about the delay that The Legend of Khiimori is good but “also probably good to give it a few more months in the oven.”)<\/p>\n

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