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Hazard Levels is out now in Early Access on Steam! A big thank you to everyone who has followed the journey so far. We hope you, your friends and the friends you'll meet along with way have fun crawling through dimensions to keep that secret brewery STOCKED.
Plus, Sker Ritual players get an exclusive discount when purchasing the Sker Ritual x Hazard Levels complete the set bundle. So don't miss out!
We hope you'll join us over on the Hazard Levels Discord, where we actively encourage your feedback and keep you up to date with the latest news.
-Wales Interactive
Hazard Levels is coming to Steam Early Access 30 April 2026, with a console launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in Q4 2026. Enter unstable rifts, survive otherworldly creatures, and grab bizarre ingredients to fuel a secret brewery hidden beneath a British pub. Hazard Levels is a 1–4 player physics-driven co-op survival horror where the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Just make it back before last orders.
Sink your teeth into the brand new trailer for this new title from the Sker Ritual devs...
1–4 PLAYER SURVIVAL WITH PROX CHAT
Play solo or with up to three friends to tackle the horrors of each rift. Coordination is key, survival is not guaranteed. Proximity voice chat enabled. Supports both third and first person play*
PROCEDURAL RIFT DIMENSIONS
No two expeditions are the same. Each rift generates new biomes, shifting layouts, randomised hazards, and escalating threats that force your team to adapt.
GRAVITY GAUNTLET LOOTING
Use the Gravity Gauntlet to grab, carry, and throw multiple objects at once. Harvest bizarre rift-grown ingredients and sell them at rift stations while surviving the creatures that stalk each dimension.
UNPREDICTABLE RIFT CREATURES
Terrifying creatures lurk within every dimension. Study their behaviour, learn their weaknesses, and avoid becoming their next victim in this gunless survival horror experience.
RIFT SCANNING & PORTALS
Use your state-of-the-art Rift Scanner to locate dimensional anomalies, then deploy a Rift Stabilising Device to tear open unstable portals. Step through and discover what waits on the other side.
PERK COCKTAILS
Sample experimental drinks brewed from otherworldly rift ingredients. Some grant powerful abilities… others cause complete chaos.
THE FOX HOLE ARMS
Your HQ is a traditional British pub hiding the Family’s secret R&D facility. Between expeditions customise your outfit, mix perk drinks, review mission intel, or drop a coin in the jukebox. Just don’t piss off the Landlord.
We hope you join us at The Fox Hole Arms when Hazard Levels opens its Early Access doors on April 30th on Steam. In the meantime be sure to wishlist and join us over on the Discord!
We're excited for new players to experience Sker Ritual for the first time as it enters into it's first Free Weekend on Steam from Thursday 29th Jan - Mon 2nd Feb. This free taster joins our PlayStation 5 (PS Plus) & Xbox Free Trial offerings with two hours of the complete game to enjoy!
Despite Sker Ritual not being a live service game, our same small team continues to update and support the game. Since launch, we've added two maps complete with hidden objectives, voice chat (Steam), third-person mode, custom games with over 100+ modifiers and even added support for previous generation consoles.
However, we are not just dedicated to Sker Ritual but the whole Sker Universe. We're very excited to reveal that several projects are already underway and we can't wait to share more with you on those in the near future.
Hazard Levels, our upcoming co-op is rooted in Sker Ritual lore that players will have the opportunity to unravel. This survival looter will be arriving in early access in Q2 this year.
Added to Custom Game Settings:
- Infinite Magazines: Makes the magazines infinite, which allows the weapon to still reload when you run out of ammo, but always have stock
- Blocked Enemies: Allows you to block specific elite enemies from spawning from the waves in the game
Additional Updates & Fixes:
- Added an option to switch to first person when aiming in third person view
- Added a new color mode: Fisheye
- Fixed an issue which would cause connection loss if playing from a country far from Europe
- Internal input changes which will cause mouse & keyboard bindings to reset
- Security vulnerability fixes: CVE-2025-59489
PlayStation 5 Only
- Added Gyroscope Controller Support for camera movement via Motion Control
- Motion Control Types: Always, Aim
Don't miss out on Sker Ritual's multi-platform free trial over the weekend! And if you're interested in learning more about Hazard Levels, you can support us on it's journey by wishlisting, following and joining us over on the Discord.
SKER ISLANDERS!
There's a lot going on here at the Wales Interactive studios! We just announced a brand new co-op title from our team; Hazard Levels! Not only that we're still working on features for Sker Ritual that we promised earlier this year.
To celebrate the announcement of Hazard Levels, we've launched a brand new DLC pack that feature characters, locations and a snippet into the new world that contains:
Fox Mask
An Exclusive Premium Fox Mask, things may get foxtremely hairy
Badger Mask
An Exclusive Premium Mask of the Badger Mask, oh honey, you’re all sett.
Owl Mask
An Exclusive Premium Owl Mask, don’t give a hoot, don’t ruffle any feathers.
Duck Mask
An Exclusive Premium Mask of the Duck Mask, just wing it.
The Fox Hole Arms
An Exclusive Premium Animated Menu Background of The Fox Hole Arms
Rift Creature Scream
An Exclusive In-Game Voice Line of the otherworldly Rift Creature Scream
The Family Emblem
An Exclusive The Family Emblem Player Icon because you’re always family here.
Click here for the DLC and become a member of The Family!
Wishlist and Follow Hazard Levels for the most up-to-date news for the upcoming game
A workshop is currently under development which will be available on both PC and Console allowing players to create custom Sker Ritual content!
On PC players will be able to use custom textures and models within their creations. This will be integrated with Steam Workshop where players will be able to share their creations with other players, who can also subscribe to their items and use them in their game as well.
The system will be open to be used with other potential mod sharing services as it'll read from a folder structure.
Launch Items will include:
Weapon Skins:
The same development tools that we use to create weapon skin rewards will open up to players to experiment, create and combine to give your weapon a unique look.
Masks:
Create custom masks for your player and friends so that you can take on the Quiet Ones in your own personal creations!
Custom Game Settings:
You'll be able to share your Custom Difficulty settings which were introduced in the previous patch and other players can use them in their own game as challenges to complete!
Beta:
A Workshop Beta on Steam will be available for a small amount of players to help us with the finishing touches of the initial Steam Workshop implementation before it becomes public. If you want to be a part of this, be sure to join our Sker Ritual Discord.
Future Workshop Projects:
After the launch of the Workshop we aim to gather as much community feedback as possible! It is then our future plans to work on Player and Enemy Model swaps and modifications, and Custom Maps.
Thank you for reading to the end! We're so excited about what amazing creations you can bring to our beloved Sker Island when the Workshop goes live. Our team will no doubt check out our favourite player-made weapons skins and masks to use in our own Sker games.
Wales Interactive
Wales Interactive are announcing not one, not two, but THREE new titles at the Horror Game Award's Halloween Showcase.
The Showcase will be filled with special announcements, developer insights, and three trailers from us at Wales Interactive! Expect a new co-op from us, the Sker Ritual devs, a debut horror FMV inspired by dark German folklore and a terrifying and long-awaited VR experience.
When and where will the Showcase be streamed?
📅 Tuesday, September 30th
⌚ 11am PT | 2pm ET | 7pm BST | 8pm CEST
Showcase will be streamed by IGN, FGS and many creator co-streams. Click here to find out more.
This features a series of bug fixes and optimisation updates that are live now on all platforms. If they haven't automatically updated, please close your game and update manually using the dedicated platform service.
ADDED NEW CUSTOM GAME MODIFIERS
-Enemies Set: Choose which set of enemies you would like to face based on their original maps or pick all of them (doesn't affect stalkers)
-Changed the Random Weapon Reward mode to Weapon Reward Mode which now lets you choose between the following modes
-Random: Random weapon every round interval selected
-Incremental: An increasingly more powerful weapon after each round interval selected
-Decremental: An decreasingly less powerful weapon after each round interval selected
-Weapon Speed Multiplier
-Reload Speed Multiplier
-Stalker Round Interval
BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS
- Increased the slider speed on certain custom modifiers
- Fixed an issue causing some rewards to be obtainable in custom game modes
- Fixed an issue in Deadly Lover's Fortress which would cause the Music Hidden Objective to not be achievable
- Fixed an issue causing the game to shower squares when localized in Thai
- Corrected a typo in one of the Poison Master miracle
- \ Fixed a bug causing some microphones to not be detected by the microphone selector
As a big thank you to our players for supporting our latest huge update, we're giving all players +50% XP all weekend! This update is live now, so grab your Sker Squad and get earning that extra XP.
SKER ISLANDERS!
Oh do we have the mother of all updates for YOU. As promised in our 2025 roadmap, this update has third person mode and a custom game mode. We've also introduced a trial for the most requested feature...
Surprise players! After hearing your feedback our team have been experimenting with communication options to better your Sker experience. This is our first time implementing a voice chat feature and so we're trialling it for players on PC. We would love it if you could try it out and feed back to our team in the comments below, on Discord or across our socials.
Sker Ritual is now playable in third person mode! Select in the graphics options your preferred type of view: first person or third person. You then have the option to select from three third person mode types:
Bring full chaos to your games with over 70 modifiers to choose from in our new custom game mode. These solo or private games can be selected in the difficulty menu. But be warned, some modifiers will disable your chance to earn XP. Earning achievements and masks will also be disabled in this mode.
Want to stomp on your enemies by making them teeny tiny? Well, now you can! Want to get stomped on by your enemies by making them giant? Well, now you can do that too! Plus, add a touch of anti-gravity to make dealing with those Quiet Ones extra satisfying.
We look forward to seeing all of your custom game chaos. Share your favourite modifiers and moments with us on socials! As always, we welcome feedback and if you have additional ideas for custom game modifiers our team definitely want to hear them.
Wales Interactive
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