{"id":582109,"date":"2026-03-16T23:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:40:02","slug":"dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Fantasy Action RPG Thymesia Gets August Release Date, Steam Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Thymesia\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OverBorder studio has announced a new release date for its action RPG Thymesia, which had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/18\/plague-doctor-action-rpg-thymesia-pushed-to-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delayed<\/a> out of its original December 2021 launch. Curious players can take control of the world\u2019s deadliest plague doctor on August 9.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not all, as the news is accompanied by a new trailer and the launch of a Steam demo. You can play Thymesia beginning today and up until Monday, May 9. If this is your first exposure to Thymesia, it was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/25\/thymesia-is-an-action-game-starring-a-plague-doctor-that-turns-diseases-into-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed last March<\/a> and stars Corvus, a plague doctor with the ability to siphon diseases from adversaries and fashion these illnesses into weapons. Schythes, swords, and daggers are among the killing instruments&nbsp;he can wield in fast-paced combat reminiscent of Dark Souls and Ninja Gaiden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/694940074001\/rydylbNsz_default\/index.html?videoId=6305556264112\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thymesia is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/05\/03\/dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OverBorder studio has announced a new release date for its action RPG Thymesia, which had been delayed out of its original December 2021 launch. Curious players can take control of the world\u2019s deadliest plague doctor on August 9. That\u2019s not all, as the news is accompanied by a new trailer and the launch of a Steam demo. You can play Thymesia beginning today and up until Monday, May 9. If this is your first exposure to Thymesia, it was first revealed last March and stars Corvus, a plague doctor with the ability to siphon diseases from adversaries and fashion these illnesses into weapons. Schythes, swords, and daggers are among the killing instruments&nbsp;he can wield in fast-paced combat reminiscent of Dark Souls and Ninja Gaiden.&nbsp; Thymesia&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-fantasy-action-rpg-thymesia-gets-august-release-date-steam-demo\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":582110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dark Fantasy Action RPG Thymesia Gets August Release Date, Steam Demo | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OverBorder studio has announced a new release date for its action RPG Thymesia, which had been delayed out of its original December 2021 launch. 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