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Press release:
LONDON, UK – 3 August 2026 – We are absolutely thrilled to announce that IKARUS is officially available today in Steam Early Access! The incredible two-person team at Magical Something have poured everything into this massive new update, expanding their roguelite SHMUP with a wealth of new content!

Calling all Press and Content Creators! Want to experience the chaos firsthand and share the most broken builds with your audience? We would absolutely love to get you into the arena.

Today’s Early Access launch cracks the game wide open. We are bringing a colossal wave of fresh mechanics, brutal new enemies, and game-changing balance improvements that will completely shake up how you play.

Here are some of the highlight features available in today’s Early Access launch:

An Enormous Arsenal: Craft your perfect build from 70 unique cards, 45 augments, and 25 weapon upgrades across 3 distinct archetypes (Architect, Berserker, and Catalyst) to truly play the way you want.

Two Brand-New Levels: Push far beyond the demo with completely fresh stages, packed with unseen enemy variants, intense mini-bosses, and two epic new level bosses to test your mettle.

Expanded Boon vs Burden System: Adjust the game’s difficulty with 10+ Boons and Burdens to further refine gameplay and give you score multipliers to help you climb the leaderboards!

Lasers!: We have completely replaced cannons with lasers because they are simply brilliant fun to use—keep an eye out for the new echo laser.

Devastating Critical Combos: Critical hit chances now apply to lasers, grenades, slashes, and strikes, opening the door for wildly powerful new build paths.

Challenging Steam Achievements: We have introduced a full suite of achievements to hunt down. Prove your mastery with brutal challenges like completing a run with 3 Burdens active, or pulling off the ultimate combo by inflicting an enemy with mark, shock, and ignite simultaneously!

Player-Requested Features & Polish: Enjoy highly requested additions like a FPS limit options, an upgraded standalone weapon shop, and tweaked starting combat styles for greater run variety. Plus, experience cleaner, punchier combat thanks to sweeping audio and visual improvements across the board!

Today is a massive milestone, but it is just the beginning. Throughout the Early Access journey, we will be rolling out regular feature updates, including fresh shop options, expanding card pools, and, eventually, an escalating Ascension system to really challenge players!

Jump into IKARUS today, and we’ll see you on the leaderboards!

About Magical Something

Magical Something is a two-man development team based in the UK. They merge modern game design with classic 2000s nostalgia to create fresh and authentic titles. The studio thrives on mashing up unexpected genres while drawing on games that defined their childhoods.

About Tiny Dragon Games

Founded in 2024, Tiny Dragon Games is an agile independent video games publisher and marketing consultancy firm composed of experienced industry professionals dedicated to elevating outstanding indie titles to their rightful audiences. www.tinydragongames.com