Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

About This Game

Maralinga is an Australian Gothic FPS survival horror set amid the ruins of a long-forgotten nuclear test site. You play as an investigative journalist, drawn to the desolate outback to uncover its buried history. But when a violent crash with a rogue kangaroo leaves you stranded, survival becomes your only option.

Scavenge through abandoned military facilities for the parts you need to escape, ration what little food and ammunition you can find, and confront horrors born of radioactive fallout and twisted “minor experiments.” What began as a story about a derelict test facility quickly spirals into something far darker. Mutated wildlife hunts the wasteland, while shadows of the past bleed into the present through eerie time-warps back to the 1950s.

Every step of your journey is captured in a living Journal Log, where your choices—whether you fight, hide, search, or ignore—shape how your final story is told.

📰 Your Story, Written

At the end of the game, your Journal Log is compiled into a personalized news article. This final piece retells your survival story in your journalist’s voice, reflecting not only what you discovered, but how you felt. No two articles are ever the same, giving every player a unique narrative artifact shaped by their own path through the horrors of Maralinga.

Features

• Australian Gothic Survival Horror – Experience the haunting isolation of the outback, scarred by nuclear testing and secrecy.

• Survive the Wasteland – Scavenge, craft, and ration food, water, and ammo while navigating a hostile environment.

• Mutant Wildlife & Stalker Threats – Confront twisted creatures and a shadowy long-term resident who hunts the ruins.

• Past Meets Present – Time-warp into the 1950s to witness life at the base and unlock hidden truths.

• Your Story, Your Article – Let your gameplay become journalism, culminating in a one-of-a-kind written account of your journey.

Will you escape the nightmare, or become another secret left behind in the sand?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We have used some generative ai in our social media pages and in creating concept art. Our steam image was drawn by an artist, then we enhanced it in AI to make the image more gritty to better reflect the game. There is no ai in the game itself.