Canyons Gameplay Trailer Showcases Looter Shooter’s Wasteland World
RedRuins Softworks has debuted the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming looter shooter Canyons, providing a 30-second glimpse into the game’s harsh wasteland setting. Published by HypeTrain Digital, Canyons presents a world devastated by the Awakened – fused entities of living and mechanical elements that have overrun the planet. Players join the Order of the Double Cross, crusaders who form Sacred Blood Pacts with powerful Awakened beings to wield supernatural abilities in their survival struggle.
Survival and Base Building Mechanics
The Canyons gameplay trailer showcases the game’s core loop of exploration, combat, and resource management in procedurally generated environments. Players navigate endless storms and searing sunlight while confronting twisted beasts and mad heretics across devastated landscapes. The Haven of the Covenant serves as the player’s home base, where they can construct workshops, defenses, and specialized facilities to attract settlers and upgrade their Crawler vehicles for expeditions.
Base building in Canyons extends beyond simple resource gathering to include strategic decision-making about facility placement and defense priorities. Players can build shipyards for new Crawlers, garages for repairs and upgrades, and even mess halls serving unconventional cuisine. This settlement management creates tangible progression between missions while establishing personal investment in the game world through player-driven development.
Character Progression and Moral Choices
Canyons emphasizes character development through skill trees and profession mastery systems that unlock unique survival paths. The gameplay trailer hints at the deep customization options available for both characters and vehicles, suggesting significant replay value through different build specializations. Players can advance personal combat abilities while simultaneously developing non-combat professions that provide alternative solutions to challenges.
Moral decision-making forms a crucial component of the Canyons experience, with the trailer emphasizing consequential choices affecting gameplay outcomes. Players must decide how to interact with dying survivors, whether to offer mercy, recruitment, or more pragmatic solutions. These decisions influence faction relationships and world state, creating personalized narratives within the procedural framework. While no release window has been announced, the gameplay trailer establishes Canyons as an ambitious entry in the looter shooter genre.
