If you’ve ever wanted to take on the role of a sea cucumber attempting to clean up its polluted home, NAMAKORIUM is a surprisingly specific fit. Developer Polyscape (MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons) unveiled the co-op real-time strategy game over the weekend, setting the cute but chaotic outing for a January 2026 debut via Steam Early Access.
Up to four players can get in on the fun, which involves commanding Namako, gathering resources and constructing buildings in an effort to purify the pollution. You’ll need to do so before food runs out, adding an element of pressure into the mix.
Unique Namako are available depending on what you’re attempting to accomplish. Shell Namako can gather limestone, while Flame and Ice Namako can handle the more extreme ends of the sea’s temperature. There are also Iron Namako with traits suited for mining duties. You’ll just have to watch out for Blight Namako, which can suddenly appear to rot food and set the ocean’s clean-up operation back a few unsavory steps.
NAMAKORIUM Announce Trailer
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Real-time strategy games can be incredibly stressful, but I imagine your blood pressure would find it a little more difficult to max out at the sight of these little guys.
The NAMAKORIUM Steam page is now live, so stay tuned for a more concrete release date. Here’s more from the official description:
NAMAKORIUM is a chaotic, cooperative multiplayer RTS for up to four players.
Command the “sea cleaners”—Namakos (sea cucumbers) left behind by humanity—and clean up the polluted oceans!
Can you reclaim the beautiful sea?
It’s all up to your planning skills, your friends, and your trusty sea cucumbers.
Get ready for a frantic, action-packed ocean cleanup operation!
Source: Gematsu
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