A Horror Extraction Shooter Worth Watching Before Release
Beautiful Light is our Game of the Week #55, chosen as a watch pick for its atmosphere, ambition, and the kind of horror extraction setup that immediately gets our attention. Game of the Week on Fix Gaming Channel is not limited to finished releases. Sometimes it is a full game, sometimes it is a demo, sometimes it is Early Access, and sometimes it is simply a project worth watching closely.
This one fits that last group. Developed and published by Deep Worlds SA, Beautiful Light is an upcoming PvPvPvE tactical extraction shooter with horror elements, squad-based pressure, and player-controlled anomalies. It is still on the road to Early Access, but the mood, concept, and ambition are already strong enough to earn a closer look.
For readers following the series, our previous pick was Subnautica 2 as Game of the Week #54. That one came from hands-on Early Access time. Beautiful Light is different. This is about potential, atmosphere, and watching a promising project before the wider crowd fully catches on.
Beautiful Light
Release: Planned for December 2026 Early Access
Genre: PvPvPvE tactical extraction shooter, horror, FPS
Developer / Publisher: Deep Worlds SA
Platforms: PC via Steam, Epic Games Store
Beautiful Light – Official Alpha Gameplay Trailer
Trailer via IGN / Deep Worlds SA.
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Why Beautiful Light Stands Out
Extraction shooters are not rare anymore, but Beautiful Light has a stronger identity than many of them. It is not only about entering a zone, grabbing loot, and escaping. The game mixes tactical FPS pressure with horror, hostile environments, rival squads, and anomalies that can turn a match into something far less predictable.
The main hook is clear: squads enter dangerous territory looking for an artifact, while other operators and anomalies create constant pressure. That setup gives Beautiful Light a sharp pitch. It has human tactics on one side, horror tension on the other, and enough uncertainty between them to make the idea exciting.
The strongest part right now is atmosphere. The footage and screenshots show a cold, oppressive world where fog, forests, broken villages, military gear, and strange creatures all work together. It feels hostile before anything even happens. For a horror extraction shooter, that is a very good sign.
A Watch Pick With Real Potential
The real test will come when more players can spend proper time with Beautiful Light. We still need to see how the shooting feels, how the maps flow, how progression works, how balanced the anomaly role feels, and whether the horror survives repeated matches.
But Game of the Week on Fix Gaming Channel is also about timing. Some games deserve attention before release because the idea is strong enough, the atmosphere is already there, and the project feels like it could become something special if the pieces come together.
Beautiful Light earns that attention because it has a clear concept, a strong mood, and the kind of risk that makes smaller-scale projects worth following. If Deep Worlds SA can bring the systems together, this could become one of the more interesting horror extraction shooters heading into 2026.
Final Thoughts
Beautiful Light is our Game of the Week #55 because it feels promising before the final verdict is written. It is ambitious, atmospheric, and built around a tense idea that could go somewhere very interesting.
Not every GOTW pick needs to be a finished game. Sometimes it is enough to say: keep an eye on this one.
Related Reading
- Subnautica 2 Is Game of the Week #54 — After 22 Hours, I’m Still Going Back Under
- Active Matter Early Access Review — Military Tactics vs. Anomalies
- Preview: Level Zero Extraction — Unleashing Asymmetrical Horror and Survival
Written by Ronny Fiksdahl, Founder & Editor of Fix Gaming Channel.
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