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[discord.gg].

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

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374680/Hazard_Levels/

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[discord.gg].

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.[www.thehorrorgameawards.com]

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

- \[PC ONLY] Fixed a bug causing some microphones to not be detected by the microphone selector

Wales Interactive Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492070/Sker_Ritual/

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