Thomas Brush and 3D Realms have announced that Twisted Tower, an action-adventure FPS set in an abandoned 1950s theme park, launches on Steam on August 18, 2026. Published under Saber Interactive’s 3D Realms label, the game comes from Atmos Games — the studio behind the critically acclaimed Pinstripe and Neversong — and pitches itself as Disneyland spliced with BioShock: corrupted fairy-tale mascots, a macabre retrofuturist aesthetic, and a toyish arsenal of wacky weapons to blast through five hauntingly immersive levels on the way to the top of the tower.
You’re climbing the Twisted Tower to save the love of your life. Standing between you and the top are a carnival of corrupted mascots that want a hug, a collection of deadly traps and puzzles, and five distinct worlds that each have their own visual identity and secrets. This ain’t a small world after all.
The Five Worlds
The Arsenal
The weapon list is one of the more creative in recent memory for the genre. Every gun in Twisted Tower is a corrupted toy-world version of a classic weapon type — here’s what you’ll be working with:
Key Features
An abandoned 1950s resort inspired equally by Disney World and BioShock — retro-futurist architecture, corrupted park mascots, and a deep sense of something deeply wrong beneath the cheerful surface.
Fast-paced, punchy gunplay with a full arsenal of upgradeable wacky weapons. The mascots may look like they want a hug — the fartin’ shotgun disagrees.
Collect bizarre toys to unlock new ways to jump, dash, and grapple up the tower. Movement abilities expand as you climb, opening new routes and secrets.
Unique paths through the tower provide a different experience with each playthrough. Replay value is built into the structure rather than bolted on.
Thomas Brush is the solo developer who built Pinstripe and Neversong — both story-driven atmospheric games that were featured by Time Magazine and The Washington Post and earned collaborations with Apple Arcade. Twisted Tower is his largest project yet, now backed by 3D Realms (Duke Nukem, Ion Fury, CULTIC, Ghostrunner) for publication. That combination of an auteur with a track record and a publisher that knows how to get games to their audience is exactly the right setup for something like this. August 18 on Steam.