Go Back To Where It All Began: Culdcept The First Weaves Its Magic, Launching On Steam Today
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Enter a World of Wonder In A Fantasy Fusion Epic For The Ages!
Karlstad, Sweden – 30 July, 2026 - Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in partnership with developers City Connection and in cooperation with series creators Omiya Soft, announced today that the highly-regarded 1997 SEGA® Saturn strategy title Culdcept The First, arrives on PC, starting today, available to purchase on Steam.
Hailed as a classic by lovers of the SEGA Saturn original, Culdcept The First has long been admired for it;s fiendishly captivating gameplay, a unique fusion of board game and card game, with a deep gameplay mechanic that’s hard to put down!
Arriving in an all-new enhanced version, Culdcept The First is finally playable with English subtitles and complemented with quality of life features for the modern gamer.
In Culdcept The First, gamers enter the fictional universe of Culdra Space, created by the omnipotent Goddess Culdra; creator of Culdcept, a book strong enough to wield the power of creation itself. Players assume the role of a ‘Cepter’ heading into battle with their Book, a self-constructed 50-card deck.
The roll of the dice decides your fate, as players move through the map, summoning a huge range of otherworldly creatures, using their cards to progress. In Culdcept The First, gamers can claim their territory via strategic placement of their creatures, using their Spell Cards to manipulate dice rolls to support their creatures or sabotage other players!
Culdcept The First is finally available to English speaking players and comes complete with quality-of-life enhancements, designed for the modern gamer. Features include:
Rewind the game to any point where a Checkpoint was passed at a Fort or the Castle.
Quick Save & Load enables players to save and load at any time, independent of the main game's standard save function.
Bonus Pack increases the number of Reward Cards received at the end of a match. (can be toggled ON/OFF in the options menu).
Reveal Hands is a brand-new feature allowing gamers to constantly display both their own and their opponent's hand on-screen—information that was only visible at specific times in the original version. Reveal Hands can be toggled ON/OFF, and the display size adjusts automatically depending on the game's screen layout.
Language Switching allows gamers to play the game in either Japanese or English.
Culdcept The First is available for purchase today for PC gamers via Steam for an SRP of: $29.99 / €29.99/ £24.99, and is expected to launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S later this year.
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About Clear River Games
Clear River Games is a publisher with love for classic retro games. We are a small team in Karlstad, Sweden, and part of the THQ Nordic family and Embracer Group. Our vision is to bring the joy of experiencing vintage retro games and revived classic game franchises to players all over the world. We focus on publishing high-quality classic game franchises, modern retro and pixel art games and indie games that inspire gamers and bring back great memories of the past or discover new great games. With physical editions distributed online and in retail stores, we want to make great and unique games accessible to retro game fans around the world.
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About City Connection
City Connection was founded in 2005 and owns the IP of long-established game maker ‘Jaleco’. The name ‘City Connection’ is reference to a previously released game by Jaleco, much loved by the City Connection president. City Connection is a game developer and publisher, as well as a soundtrack business (Clarice Disc), licensing business, publishing/editing/writing business, and engages in all manner of activities relating to video games. City Connection specializes in increasing the value of much-loved IP, utilizing some of the industry’s most experienced talent and reinventing games for a modern audience. City Connection strive to deliver quality games which delight gamers and respect original IP.
© 1997, 2026 Omiya Soft / © 2026 CITY CONNECTION CO., LTD. / Music: Copyright © 1997 Yuzo Koshiro / Published by Clear River Games
