Most extraction games drop you into a hostile map full of other players. Into the Fire drops you onto an island that is actively trying to kill you. Spotlighted during Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2026, the new game from Polish studio Starward Industries - the team behind the Stanislaw Lem adaptation The Invincible - is a high-stakes extraction survival game built around a single, brutal premise: a volcano is erupting, and you are running straight into it.
You play a rescuer racing the clock to pull survivors off a collapsing volcanic island before the eruption buries everything. Each run is a tense negotiation between risk and reward - how deep you push, how much you carry, and how many people you can realistically bring back alive before the ground gives out beneath you.
Race the eruption, manage the chaos
The core loop has you scavenging scarce resources, crafting the gear you need to survive, and carving escape routes through ash and lava while the island falls apart in real time. Standing in your way are "fire anomalies" - environmental hazards that turn every expedition into a fresh emergency - and the constant pressure of a timer that never stops counting down. Every successful extraction is a small victory snatched from a disaster.
Starward Industries has confirmed that Into the Fire will enter Steam Early Access before the end of 2026, with the studio planning to build the game out alongside player feedback. Public playtests have already begun, and the game is available to wishlist on Steam now.
