{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8739cf139c70e8b21878f8a6","clusterId":"c_e06df7a0c4522db00d4921cc","slug":"world-war-ii-horde-shooter-milo-enters-early-access-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"World War II Horde Shooter Milo Enters Early Access on Steam","summary":"Yarrawah Interactive and rat cream games have launched early access for Milo, a World War II horde shooter in which the player wakes in an unfamiliar body on a battlefield and is hunted by a cult fixated on a mysterious drink. Players survive wave attacks solo or in co-op with up to four, feeding enemy corpses to rats that grow into a larger swarm. The early access build is on Steam at 2,800 yen with 10 percent off until November 6.","whyItMatters":"The two-year early access plan lists the content the launch build lacks, so buyers are paying now for a rat-swarm shooter whose maps, classes, and progression are still being built.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe early access build ships with one playable class, Survivor, and more than 12 World War II weapons, among them the Kar98, M1 Garand, PPSh-41, and M1911. Co-op runs online or over LAN for one to four players.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefeated enemies become food for the rats, and the growing swarm ties into a gauge for a corpse-exploding ability. Tickets earned in minigames such as basketball buy upgrades at an arcade called Traang. The game uses Unreal Engine 5, with its own dismemberment and blood work and procedural IK animation, plus a Kill in Order wave rule and a global leaderboard.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Milo's rat mechanic is the actual pitch: enemy corpses feed a swarm that grows into your main weapon. The 2,800 yen early access build is asking players to trust a loop built on corpse management.","twitterPost":"Milo's weapon is a rat swarm fed on enemy corpses. That loop, not the WWII setting, is what early access has to prove.","threadsPost":"Milo sells itself on a strange bargain: feed enemy corpses to rats, and the swarm becomes your weapon. The WWII cult setting is dressing. The corpse-to-rat loop is the whole game, and early access at 2,800 yen asks players to judge whether that one idea carries a full horde shooter.","newsletterBlurb":"Yarrawah Interactive and rat cream games have opened early access for Milo, a World War II horde shooter where a cult chases the player and defeated enemies feed a growing rat swarm. The Steam build has one class, 12-plus weapons, and co-op for up to four. The developers plan roughly two years of early access with new maps, classes, and progression.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/30/174268.html\",\"title\":\"World War II Horde Shooter 'Milo,' in Which You Fight a Cult's Army, Begins Early Access!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5265,"outputTokens":752,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793310568,"createdAt":"2026-10-29T21:44:18.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T21:48:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T21:48:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e06df7a0c4522db00d4921cc","canonicalTitle":"カルト教団の軍勢に立ち向かう第二次世界大戦ホードシューター『Milo』早期アクセス開始！","representativeArticleId":"a_edec0751c8203d2fc1b5fb07","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Milo\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-29T21:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-29T21:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T21:48:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/30/174268.html","title":"カルト教団の軍勢に立ち向かう第二次世界大戦ホードシューター『Milo』早期アクセス開始！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Milo"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Yarrawah Interactive and rat cream games launched Milo in early access on Steam.","Milo costs 2,800 yen, with a 10 percent discount until November 6.","The early access build supports solo play and 1-4 player co-op online or via LAN.","The launch build includes more than 12 World War II weapons and one playable class, Survivor.","The developers plan an early access period of about two years."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["milo"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"milo","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}