September 22, 2026 – MicroProse and solo developer Rowye have announced that Darkenstein 3D: Total Trampage will launch on Steam on October 14, 2026.
Revealed alongside a brand-new trailer, Total Trampage expands the free retro shooter with five extensively remixed campaign levels, 11 endless maps, new weapons and enemies, challenge modifiers, New Game+, new music, and more.
The Hobo Guy may have rescued Gunther, but he is not finished wrecking the place. Familiar locations return with reworked layouts, new encounters, and additional secrets, while Endless Mode challenges players to survive relentless waves across 11 purpose-built maps.
The rat is back, too. He is still angry. He is still hungry.
STEAM PAGE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195910/Darkenstein_3D/
KEY FEATURES
- Five remixed campaign levels: Return to familiar ground featuring reworked layouts, new encounters, and new secrets.
- Eleven endless maps: Keep moving, keep shooting, and survive against waves of enemies that never stop.
- New weapons and enemies: Discover more tools for turning rooms into wreckage, along with fresh threats ready to return fire.
- Challenge modifiers: Change the rules and make each run even more unpredictable.
- New Game+: Take everything you earned back into the campaign for another, tougher run.
- Jukebox and new music: Choose the soundtrack to accompany the slaughter.
- New achievements: Fresh proof that you did the stupid thing on purpose.
Darkenstein 3D: Total Trampage launches on Steam on October 14, 2026 and requires the base game. The complete original Darkenstein 3D campaign remains free to play.
About Darkenstein 3D
Inspired by the brutal rhythm of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the glory of 1990s shooters, Darkenstein 3D is a fast, skill-based retro FPS packed with handcrafted levels, hidden secrets, explosive physics, and bloody combat. Players take control of the Hobo Guy, an American drifter fighting through enemy territory to rescue his kidnapped dog, Gunther.
Developed over four years by solo developer Rowye and published on PC by MicroProse, Darkenstein 3D is available free on Steam.
Rowye is a digital artist and indie game developer from Badalona, Spain.Years of working with illustration, video editing, and music pushed him into learning game dev, combining technical skills with his strong visual style.
Darkenstein 3D is Rowye’s first game, a passion project developed over four years. It reflects both his love for classic shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom and his drive to create something personal, intense, and handcrafted.
MicroProse, founded in 1982, is a world-famous simulation software company known for developing groundbreaking, classics and cult titles like, the Falcon, F15 Strike Eagle, Silent Service, Gunship, Grand Prix, Civilization, B-17 The Mighty Eighth, and X-COM series and many more simulation products that sold millions of copies each at retail.
Today, MicroProse is not only remaking select classics from its past but also paving the road to next-generation, state of the art games that will create the memories and experiences of the demanding new generations of gamers.
