Survival action RPG Ecumene Aztec gets a new story trailer ahead of its PC release
Ecumene Games, (formerly known as Giantscraft) has revealed a new story trailer for its upcoming survival action RPG Ecumene Aztec ahead of its launch on PC (Steam) in 2025
Ecumene Aztec has you playing as an Aztec warrior defending your home against Spanish conquistadors. It features stealth, gore, and a plot going over history, representation, identiy, and more. Following its original announcement back in 2023, the developer has posted new clips of the game on the Steam page as well. Check it out here.
Ecumene Aztec will launch on PC (Steam). It will also come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the future.
You can find the Ecumene Aztec story trailer and details from Ecumene Games below
Set in the brutal times of the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest, this third-person survival action-adventure game with stealth and gore features aims for authenticity, portraying a historically accurate Aztec world, and a plot provoking discussion about history, representation, identity, and whether or not games can be something more than just pure entertainment. The EcumeneGames team working on the project hopes to achieve historic authenticity thanks to the close co-operation with specialists in various fields, from Aztec culture experts, through ethnographers, to linguists speaking the native Aztec language.
The gameplay footage shown in the trailer is from the early alpha version of the game that’s still a work in progress, and as such, is not representative of the final quality Ecumene Games studio plans to achieve.
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Ecumene Aztec was originally announced back in 2023, and it almost broke the Internet then, generating over 60 million organic views of the reveal trailer, hundreds of thousands of comments and reactions on social media, and dozens of publications in leading mainstream and gaming media outlets. Most importantly, it also ignited a heated debate among players about the game’s historical accuracy, showing the Spanish conquest from a European point of view, and portraying Aztecs in a simplified way. In short, a part of the Mexican and Latino American gaming community, in particular, was worried that the game would be yet another pop-cultural version of their historic heritage.
The Ecumene Games studio heard every single of these comments, took them seriously, and decided these concerns need to be addressed. That’s why they’ve restarted development, taking a new approach to the project, with the help of experts in the field. Among them are Aztec culture consultants, ethnographers, historians specializing in the Spanish conquest period, and linguists such as Professor Osvaldo Alexis Zúñiga Elizalde, able to speak in the native Aztec language, Nahuatl. Thanks to their knowledge and expertise, Ecumene Games aims to deliver an immersive game that’s not only filled with action and brutal combat, but most importantly, one that’s historically accurate and able to introduce players to the rules governing the Aztec empire.
About Ecumene Aztec
Ecumene Aztec is a brutal third-person survival action-adventure game with stealth and gore elements, set in the times of the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest. Take on the role of a Tenochtitlan slave destined for ritual sacrifice. Amidst the chaos of the Spanish conquistadors’ arrival, escape the ritual, leave the burning city, try to rescue your surviving loved ones, avenge the dead, and build a new life far from the ruins of the empire.
Ecumene Aztec - Main FeaturesEcumene Aztec is being developed by the Polish Ecumene Games studio and will first launch on PC. Later, the launch is also planned on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles.
- Brutal combat and bloody executions: fight with traditional Aztec weapons such as the macuahuitl and atl-atl. Dodge, parry, and sneak to defeat both steel-armed conquistadors and tribes of Indigenous warriors.
- Stealth and bloody elimination: become a shadow in the jungle, using traps, ranged weapons, and poisoned blowpipes to eliminate unsuspecting enemies.
- Authentic Aztec World: explore the city of Tenochtitlan, full of majestic pyramids, colorful markets, and hidden temples. Immerse yourself in a unique culture, rendered with attention to historical detail.
- Moral choices: whom will you fight against? Join the resistance to defend your people from the conquistadors, or side with the Spanish-allied tribes to destroy the priest caste. Your choice will determine the course of history.