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Time Travel Tactical RPG Reptilian Rising Launches on April 23 for Steam and Nintendo Switch!

March 27, 2026 | British developers Gregarious Games and Robot Circus, together with independent game publisher Numskull Games are proud to announce that turn-based tactical RPG with claymation visuals Reptilian Rising will release on April 23 in digital format on Nintendo Switch and Steam.


The timeline and everyone in it (that includes you) is under siege! Confront the Reptilian Rising, bring retro miniatures to life on battlefields across time. Fight against The Ouroboros through seven time periods, recruit the best of humanity’s heroes, and upgrade your favorites for the fight ahead. To accomplish this mission, players will take the role of recognisable faces, from heroes like Winston Churchill, Cleopatra, Albert Einstein and many more as they battle against an army of reptile monsters, like a three-headed fascist dinosaur, the Tri-Cannon - a triceratops mashed with a minigun and a legion of scaly sociopaths.

“In a world that plays it safe… I didn’t! No filters. No compromises. Just a childhood dream I refused to let go. Reptilian Rising.” - Greg Hall (Gregarious Games)


Open the door, get on the floor, everybody shoot the dinosaur

As if talking dinosaurs and flesh-hungry lizardmen weren’t bad enough, your time-traveling heroes will have to battle a weird, wild army of invaders. Malevolent Manborgs, lethal Lazer Raptors, the terrifying Tri-Cannon (a bogus hybrid of Triceratops and minigun), and the diabolical Dictatorsaur.


Great Scott! Dictatorsaur!?

With three of humanity’s worst villains sharing one giant dinosaur body, you’ll need the best our species can muster to even the odds. Call up heroes from the dawn of history like Julius Caesar (et tu, Reptiles?), medieval masters of war, like Robin Hood (take from the rich, shoot arrows at dinosaurs) and great minds of super-science like Albert Einstein - all things are relative, but we’re kicking the reptiles out of this family gathering!

Time After Time

There’s more to time travel than hopping in a DeLorean, phone booth, or retro police box. In Reptilian Rising you’ll use time energy on time-twisting abilities to throw the Reptilians for a loop. Create clones of your troops, call in reinforcements (we’ve got Scarface on speed-dial), or create time-gates to rush your heroes across the map double time.

Do The Evolution

If you can turn the tide without causing a temporal paradox, you can replay missions to tackle bonus objectives, hop between time periods to uncover secrets, and more.


Digital Edition Prices:

Game only (eShop and Steam): $29.99 / £24.99 / €27.99
Game + OST download code + Visual Novel eBook (only Steam): $39.99 / £29.99 / €34.99

About Numskull Games

Since 2019, Numskull Games has established a worldwide physical and digital game publishing label. Launching and curating games from both new and veteran development studios as well as international games publisher partners, Numskull Games publishes titles across all major gaming platforms. Additionally, by utilising the infrastructure and resources of its sister companies Rubber Road / Numskull Designs, Numskull Games creates unique and compelling Collectors' Editions for its elite releases.

About Gregarious Games

Born into a family of visionaries who built Europe’s LARGEST shopping mall and turned Newcastle United into the “Entertainers”, Gregarious Games have been channeling a childhood dream and a lifetime of bold moves into carving out a legendary path in the gaming world.
Article by: Susan N.
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Only the Greatest Heroes Can Stop the Reptilian Invasion in the Spring!

February 18, 2026 | British developers Gregarious Games and Robot Circus, and independent game publisher Numskull Games are proud to announce that turn-based tactical RPG with claymation visuals Reptilian Rising has received a brand new demo today on Steam in advance of its long awaited full release.


The full game is scheduled to launch in digital format this Spring on Nintendo Switch and Steam.

Pricings

  • Game only (eShop and Steam): $29.99 with a 20% off during the first 2 weeks after launch.
  • Game + OST download code + Visual Novel eBook (only Steam): $39.99 with a 20% off during the first 2 weeks after launch.

The timeline and everyone in it (that includes you) is under siege! Confront the Reptilian Rising, bring retro miniatures to life on battlefields across time. Fight against The Ouroboros through seven time periods, recruit the best of humanity’s heroes, and upgrade your favorites for the fight ahead. To accomplish this mission, players will take the role of recognisable faces, from heroes like Winston Churchill, Cleopatra, Albert Einstein and many more as they battle against an army of reptile monsters, like a three-headed fascist dinosaur, the Tri-Cannon - a triceratops mashed with a minigun and a legion of scaly sociopaths.

Open the door, get on the floor, everybody shoot the dinosaur

As if talking dinosaurs and flesh-hungry lizardmen weren’t bad enough, your time-traveling heroes will have to battle a weird, wild army of invaders. Malevolent Manborgs, lethal Lazer Raptors, the terrifying Tri-Cannon (a bogus hybrid of Triceratops and minigun), and the diabolical Dictatorsaur.

Great Scott! Dictatorsaur!?

With three of humanity’s worst villains sharing one giant dinosaur body, you’ll need the best our species can muster to even the odds. Call up heroes from the dawn of history like Julius Caesar (et tu, Reptiles?), medieval masters of war, like Robin Hood (take from the rich, shoot arrows at dinosaurs) and great minds of super-science like Albert Einstein - all things are relative, but we’re kicking the reptiles out of this family gathering!


Time After Time

There’s more to time travel than hopping in a DeLorean, phone booth, or retro police box. In Reptilian Rising you’ll use time energy on time-twisting abilities to throw the Reptilians for a loop. Create clones of your troops, call in reinforcements (we’ve got Scarface on speed-dial), or create time-gates to rush your heroes across the map double time.

Do The Evolution

If you can turn the tide without causing a temporal paradox, you can replay missions to tackle bonus objectives, hop between time periods to uncover secrets, and more.


About Numskull Games

Since 2019, Numskull Games has established a worldwide physical and digital game publishing label. Launching and curating games from both new and veteran development studios as well as international games publisher partners, Numskull Games publishes titles across all major gaming platforms. Additionally, by utilising the infrastructure and resources of its sister companies Rubber Road / Numskull Designs, Numskull Games creates unique and compelling Collectors' Editions for its elite releases.

About Gregarious Games

Born into a family of visionaries who built Europe’s LARGEST shopping mall and turned Newcastle United into the “Entertainers”, Gregarious Games have been channeling a childhood dream and a lifetime of bold moves into carving out a legendary path in the gaming world.
Article by: Susan N.
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Turn-Based Tactical RPG Reptilian Rising Demo Releasing on February 18th

February 3, 2026 | British developers Gregarious Games and Robot Circus, and independent game publisher Numskull Games are proud to announce that turn-based tactical RPG with claymation visuals Reptilian Rising will be receiving a brand new demo this February 18 on Steam in advance of its long awaited full release.


The full game is scheduled to launch in digital format this Spring on Nintendo Switch and Steam.

Pricings

  • Game only (eShop and Steam): $29.99 with a 20% off during the first 2 weeks after launch.
  • Game + OST download code + Visual Novel eBook (only Steam): $39.99 with a 20% off during the first 2 weeks after launch.

The timeline and everyone in it (that includes you) is under siege! Confront the Reptilian Rising, bring retro miniatures to life on battlefields across time. Fight against The Ouroboros through seven time periods, recruit the best of humanity’s heroes, and upgrade your favorites for the fight ahead. To accomplish this mission, players will take the role of recognisable faces, from heroes like Winston Churchill, Cleopatra, Albert Einstein and many more as they battle against an army of reptile monsters, like a three-headed fascist dinosaur, the Tri-Cannon - a triceratops mashed with a minigun and a legion of scaly sociopaths.

Open the door, get on the floor, everybody shoot the dinosaur

As if talking dinosaurs and flesh-hungry lizardmen weren’t bad enough, your time-traveling heroes will have to battle a weird, wild army of invaders. Malevolent Manborgs, lethal Lazer Raptors, the terrifying Tri-Cannon (a bogus hybrid of Triceratops and minigun), and the diabolical Dictatorsaur.


Great Scott! Dictatorsaur!?

With three of humanity’s worst villains sharing one giant dinosaur body, you’ll need the best our species can muster to even the odds. Call up heroes from the dawn of history like Julius Caesar (et tu, Reptiles?), medieval masters of war, like Robin Hood (take from the rich, shoot arrows at dinosaurs) and great minds of super-science like Albert Einstein - all things are relative, but we’re kicking the reptiles out of this family gathering!

Time After Time

There’s more to time travel than hopping in a DeLorean, phone booth, or retro police box. In Reptilian Rising you’ll use time energy on time-twisting abilities to throw the Reptilians for a loop. Create clones of your troops, call in reinforcements (we’ve got Scarface on speed-dial), or create time-gates to rush your heroes across the map double time.

Do The Evolution

If you can turn the tide without causing a temporal paradox, you can replay missions to tackle bonus objectives, hop between time periods to uncover secrets, and more.


About Numskull Games

Since 2019, Numskull Games has established a worldwide physical and digital game publishing label. Launching and curating games from both new and veteran development studios as well as international games publisher partners, Numskull Games publishes titles across all major gaming platforms. Additionally, by utilising the infrastructure and resources of its sister companies Rubber Road / Numskull Designs, Numskull Games creates unique and compelling Collectors' Editions for its elite releases.

About Gregarious Games

Born into a family of visionaries who built Europe’s LARGEST shopping mall and turned Newcastle United into the “Entertainers”, Gregarious Games have been channeling a childhood dream and a lifetime of bold moves into carving out a legendary path in the gaming world.
Article by: Susan N.
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Pirates of First Star Launches on Xbox One!


August 26th, 2019 - Built in 7 months by one person on a $162 budget (most of that used for clay and popsicle sticks), Pirates of First Star hits the Xbox One today at 7PM EST. The adventure/RPG/puzzle is a throwback to old school game design.

The king is broke. He summons his (now adult) children and tasks them with finding a legendary treasure that once disappeared into thin air right under his nose. They all reject his proposal, except for one. Zach, the youngest, decides he's got nothing better to do, and heads out with absolutely no clue where to begin his search. He's quickly met by Chelsee, who feels like getting in on those while treasure thing might not be a bad career choice. They embark on a bizarre journey filled with twists and turns and a positively silly cast of characters. There's a bridge bully, a witch (at least that's the rumor), a chili cook-off champion with a horrible secret, a pirate who's in a hurry to get back home because he has prime seats for Turtle Fights XIV, a giant rock monster who is sad that children stole all the pretty seashells on his beach, and an estranged coconut family that you can help reunite.

"Pirates of First Star borrows heavily from classic games. There's no map. There's no arrows pointing you where to go. The game is 3D, but it keeps the view narrowed without 360 degrees of visibility so that the world can be memorized quickly - but also there are a ton of secrets hidden - even in plain sight. What I really want is every player to - at least one time to say 'I can't believe I didn't find that sooner.'

"The characters are claymation. My artistic skills are lacking, and my budget was lacking even more, so I had to figure out a way to pull this off. I built a stand out of popsicle sticks that could hold a model and the camera. I had no idea what kind of clay to buy, so I just went to Michaels and bought the cheapest clay they had. I used yarn for the hair. I still think cutting the scalp off of dolls and plopping it into a clay head would have been the best method, but have you seen how much dolls cost nowadays!?"

Pirates of First Star launches on August 26th on the Xbox One, but there are hopes for a Switch and PS4 version releasing in the next few months. A Kickstarter will also launch on the 26th for these versions in order to raise funds for dev kits and localization.

"It's a modest amount - $3,500 to get those versions out. It's vital that they release in 2019. I'd rather take my chances going up against Christmas than some of these huge titles that are coming out in early 2020. And then, just when you think it's safe - here's Cyberpunk to slap us all back to reality. It would almost be fun just to release at the same time - just to see if you could sell 1 copy. Well, good luck to whoever attempts that!"

"There will be a very limited collector's edition on the Kickstarter. It's a hybrid which will work on XB1, PS4, and Switch. It will come with a soundtrack and an art book showcasing a lot of the claymation models before they were put into the game."




Article by Susan N.

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