Steam Next Fest is here, bringing more free game demos than one person could possibly play in a single week. If you only have time to play one demo before the event ends on June 22, make sure you set 30 minutes aside for Penguin Colony.
While that title might imply something cute and lighthearted, thatâs certainly not the case. Penguin Colony is the latest game from Origame Digital, the creators of 2020âs excellent Umurangi Generation. The studioâs unexpected follow-up has one heck of a pitch: a Lovecraftian horror game about penguins. What exactly does that mean? Penguin Colonyâs free demo offers a glimpse inside what could be 2026âs strangest game.
The snippet drops you into a dark and barren Antarctica circa 1939. Origame Digital calls the story a faithful reimagining of H.P. Lovecraftâs At The Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time. Nazis have arrived in Antarctica to uncover something buried in the ice, while the Kaitiaki are there to protect it. Even from the short demo, itâs clear that Origame is weaving its Lovecraftian lore with a story about fascism and colonialism. Itâs also about penguins.
You could call Penguin Colony a âwaddling simulator.â After an eerie intro, Iâm put in control of a penguin who can slowly shuffle across the ice fields. I can get on my belly to move faster, dive underwater, and hop to do some simple platforming. Aside from pulling off those tricks and managing a stamina meter, I can swap over to any other penguin near me. I need to do that at one point when I find a warped fence thatâs slightly opened at the bottom. The penguin I was controlling was too big to fit, so I swapped over to a chick to get under the fence.
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