Samson A Tyndalston Story Revealed as a Gritty Open World Narrative About Fighting Debt and Surviving a Hostile City
Liquid Swords, the Swedish studio founded in 2020 by Avalanche Studios co founder Cristofer Sundberg, has officially unveiled its debut title Samson A Tyndalston Story during the PC Gaming Show Most Wanted 2025 showcase. After teasing its photorealistic Unreal Engine 5 visuals nearly a year ago, the team has now presented a comprehensive look at the game’s tone systems and narrative direction.
Samson A Tyndalston Story delivers a grounded and brutal narrative centered on Samson McCray, a man forced back into the grim underbelly of the fictional city of Tyndalston. Having fallen deep into debt with extremely dangerous criminals Samson becomes trapped in a race against time as the debt grows daily with interest. To ensure repayment these criminals threaten his sister adding personal stakes to every decision made throughout the story. According to Liquid Swords the game is built on the harsh reality that time is never on Samson’s side. Each job consumes a limited pool of Action Points, and every action permanently shapes how factions citizens and the city itself react. There are no retries and no ability to undo past decisions.
Although the game features interconnected open world districts, Liquid Swords is not positioning Samson A Tyndalston Story as a sprawling exploration first open world. Instead it is a tightly focused narrative experience with a recommended price of USD 24.99 suggesting a more compact structure designed around tension pacing and consequence driven storytelling. Over the course of the game players will piece together the events that fractured Samson’s family while navigating the unforgiving pressures of his environment.
The city of Tyndalston is built to respond dynamically to Samson’s behavior. Excessive violence or disruption will escalate police presence while streets factions and character relationships shift based on the protagonist’s actions. The combat showcased in the trailer reinforces the game’s gritty realism. On foot encounters feature grounded brawling emphasizing momentum environmental interactions and improvised weapons. Vehicle combat also plays a role with high speed chases turning into collisions ambushes and chaotic destruction.
Progression is supported by a skill tree offering more than 25 upgrades, allowing players to shape Samson into a combatant that reflects their preferred style whether it be brute force agility or improvisational tactics.
Samson A Tyndalston Story is planned for early 2026 on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store. The Epic listing is already live here: Epic Games Store Page. The page also includes minimum and recommended system specifications though it notably omits CPU requirements. The listed specs include an RTX 2070 minimum and an RTX 4060 recommended suggesting a substantial emphasis on modern GPU performance given the game’s heavy use of Unreal Engine 5 rendering technologies.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Memory | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU VRAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 | DirectX 12 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 15 GB |
Liquid Swords’ debut is shaping up to be a tense stylized crime driven survival narrative anchored by high stakes consequences and a city that pushes back. With its early 2026 launch window approaching more details are expected in the coming months.
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