- The final chapter, a new update and Tributary Games. - 18 June 2026
Welcome back to the Alps, agent!I’m Sam - Studio Lead of Tributary Games. I was the same role at Stave Studios, where I made Over the Alps in 2019 with a superb little team. Harry (a Stave writer) and I went on to co-found Tributary with Owen, and our editor Nick also joined us, where we all made King of the Castle with another superb little team.Check that out here:Stave is sadly no more which meant Over the Alps was about to disappear forever. None of us wanted that, so we’ve come to a happy solution - Tributary Games is now acting as custodian for Over the Alps!We're listed as the publishers though we're more like co-developers.And the first thing we did when we got the reins was kick off the first update to the game in 6 years! This includes:Updating Unity to cover security issues in the old version and ensure the game can run for longerFixing a number of bugs with saves and progres…
- Dive into Over The Alps: 50% Off in the Steam Winter Sale! - 23 December 2020
Attention, Agents! As the Holidays hit, it’s time to switch off from work and school, and relax into some well-deserved time-off playing great video games! The Steam Winter Sale is on from the 22nd of December through to the 5th of January, and here at Stave Studios, we want to help celebrate the season with you, which is why Over The Alps will be 50% off during the sale; our largest discount yet! Players looking to dive into a world of espionage in Over The Alps will find plenty to love, as we’ve worked diligently over 2020 to bring new content and updates to the game! In June, we added King of the Mountain, a free update that doubles the length of the game with an intriguing second story, set a year before the events of the core experience. In King of the Mountain, players will take the role of Annie Taylor, a British spy called away from Paris to attend the Swiss Grand Prix to help t…
- Our major technical update, A Test Of Character, is out now! - 27 November 2020
https://i.imgur.com/gGa4B7V.jpg Discover new stories, fight new threats and do your best to stay undercover in this, our first free technical update! A Test Of Character includes over 10,000 words of written content, a brand new game feature and a significant overhaul to the way the game works. We've overhauled the Clues system in both of our current stories, making it more obvious when and what you've done that might lead the Swiss Police to catch you. https://i.imgur.com/Ld93eBb.gif These Clues are now reported in a revamped Field Report, along with how the Police picked up on them and a better visual representation of how close they are to catching you... https://i.imgur.com/vDDpCzb.gif This was in response to a great deal of feedback about the police system, which we were happy to address! We've also tweaked how often and where the police can catch you, with the aim of improving pla…
- A Test of Character - Out 27th November! - 5 November 2020
Greetings, agents. First off, apologies are in order. The A Test of Character update was originally announced for August, but we encountered some unexpected issues in development that pushed the release date back, and back, and back again. In the unpredictable world of game development, it’s a tale as old as time, and I hope you can forgive the delay. We now have a confident release date for the ATOC update - the 27th of November! Check back on Over the Alps at the end of the month and you’ll discover a total rework of the police pursuit mechanic, an improved footprints and misdirects system, and even a smidge of new narrative content. For a full rundown of the content of the next update, check out our previous blog post on the subject. What's Next? The discerning among you may have noted that on Over the Alps’ story select screen, there are three Top Secret manila folders, each contain…
- Live: FuzzyFreaks Streams Over The Alps! - 28 August 2020
Join FuzzyFreaks on her full playthrough of Over The Alps, including the new King of the Mountain free expansion. Ask questions in chat, and we'll do our best to respond! Reach out to us via Discord any time - Discord Here. Watch the Stream on our Steam page! Over The Alps is a narrative tale of espionage, action and suspense set against the backdrop of pre-war Switzerland. Discern friend from foe in this spy thriller, where every choice counts! Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across WW2 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian branching narrative game. Play two stories featuring the writing of Jon Ingold (80 DAYS, HEAVEN'S VAULT) and Harry Tuffs (SUNLESS SKIES, HOUSE OF MANY DOORS), with a third, final and free story coming soon! OVER THE ALPS is available in 14 other languages including Chinese (Simplified &…
- Live: FuzzyFreaks Streams Over The Alps! - 28 August 2020
Join FuzzyFreaks on her full playthrough of Over The Alps, including the new King of the Mountain free expansion. Ask questions in chat, and we'll do our best to respond! Reach out to us via Discord any time - Discord Here. Watch the Stream on our Steam page! Over The Alps is a narrative tale of espionage, action and suspense set against the backdrop of pre-war Switzerland. Discern friend from foe in this spy thriller, where every choice counts! Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across WW2 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian branching narrative game. Play two stories featuring the writing of Jon Ingold (80 DAYS, HEAVEN'S VAULT) and Harry Tuffs (SUNLESS SKIES, HOUSE OF MANY DOORS), with a third, final and free story coming soon! OVER THE ALPS is available in 14 other languages including Chinese (Simplified &…
- Live: FuzzyFreaks Streams Over The Alps! - 28 August 2020
Join FuzzyFreaks on her full playthrough of Over The Alps, including the new King of the Mountain free expansion. Ask questions in chat, and we'll do our best to respond! Reach out to us via Discord any time - Discord Here. Watch the Stream on our Steam page! Over The Alps is a narrative tale of espionage, action and suspense set against the backdrop of pre-war Switzerland. Discern friend from foe in this spy thriller, where every choice counts! Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across WW2 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian branching narrative game. Play two stories featuring the writing of Jon Ingold (80 DAYS, HEAVEN'S VAULT) and Harry Tuffs (SUNLESS SKIES, HOUSE OF MANY DOORS), with a third, final and free story coming soon! OVER THE ALPS is available in 14 other languages including Chinese (Simplified &…
- Over the Alps is Exhibiting at Indie Arena Booth! - 25 August 2020
https://i.imgur.com/woJfbZH.jpg Exciting developments, agents! Starting from the 27th of August, Over the Alps will be exhibiting at the Indie Arena Booth as part of Gamescom 2020. We will be streaming alongside 184 other amazing indie games, all in one online booth! Browse the full lineup here. As part of the event, our good friend FuzzyFreaks will be live on our Steam page, so be sure to check out her stream and lend her your support. There will also be a 10% discount over the course of the event, so tell your OTA-less friends that the 27th onwards is the perfect time to buy. Nintendo Switch Version Launches Today In other news, Over the Alps is releasing on Nintendo Switch today - you can find it on the Nintendo eShop here. The new release has been adapted to Switch’s touch controls and will work in both docked and handheld mode, meaning keen spies will finally have a gadget they can…
- Last Days of the Summer Sale - 3 July 2020
Just a quick post this time, agents, to let you know that the Summer Sale is coming to an end! As we showed you in the last update, we at Stave Studios have a veritable feast of upcoming content scheduled, all completely free for those who already own the game. Here’s the roadmap again, for those who didn’t catch it last time: Our most recent update, King of the Mountain, almost doubled the length of the base game, and we plan to release more like it in future, as well as mechanical updates that refine the core gameplay. Of course, continuing to provide you with all this new content isn’t easy on our end, especially as each new update is less likely to be covered by mainstream games news outlets. We rely on ongoing sales through Steam to keep the lights on in the meantime! And with the Summer Sale (20% off, by the way), this is absolutely the best time to buy Over the Alps while you sti…
- Upcoming Technical Update: A Test of Character - 26 June 2020
We at Stave Studios are pleased to announce that our next major update to Over the Alps, titled A TEST OF CHARACTER, will be a total overhaul of the existing “police pursuit” mechanic. As with our last major update, King of the Mountain, this patch will be totally free for everyone who owns the game. We’ll go through our in-depth reasoning for making these changes at the end of this update, but first of all, here’s a quick preview of what you can expect! OVERCOME UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES THAT TEST YOUR CHARACTER As you travel the Routes in Over the Alps, you now have the chance to encounter COMPLICATIONS which impede your progress! These obstacles must be overcome using one of the character traits that you’ve been building up over the course of the game. It’s time to start paying attention to your Stamps! The higher the Risk Level of your chosen Route, the more likely you are to find yours…
- King of the Mountain: Free Full-length Story Update to Over the Alps, Out Now! - 12 June 2020
The time has come, agent. King of the Mountain, our new free full-length story update to Over the Alps, is being released today. Yes, you’re hearing that correctly, agent. It’s completely free for anyone who owns the original game, whether that be on Steam or on Apple Arcade. King of the Mountain is set a year earlier than Over the Alps, in 1938, with war only a distant storm on the horizon. The intelligence services of Britain and Germany are arranging their pieces on the chessboard of Europe. Against this backdrop, you are playing as Annie Taylor, a British spy who has been reluctantly called away from Paris to attend the Swiss Grand Prix in Bern. She ends up in over her head, tangling with enemy Nazi agents, exchanging gunfire with Swiss yokels, and eventually being forced to take part in the Grand Prix herself... For those who have played the original game, you may see some familiar…
- King of the Mountain: Free Update Coming 12th of June! - 29 May 2020
Greetings agents, This is a brief communiqué to all our most trusted operatives. Usually we tell you to burn this kind of thing after reading, but on this one instance, we'd like you to spread the word as wide as possible: King of the Mountain is releasing 12th June! King of the Mountain is a free new story expansion for Over the Alps. The story takes place a year earlier than Over the Alps, in August 1938. Some say war is on the horizon… You will play as Annie Taylor, a British spy called away from the comforts of Paris to tackle an urgent assignment in Bern. https://i.imgur.com/knH2Wxz.gif Over the course of your mission, you will attempt to infiltrate the Swiss Grand Prix, tangle with Nazis along the way, and you may end up going off the map entirely... We've been working pretty hard on this one, and we're excited to finally release the next instalment in the Over the Alps anthology!…
- King of the Mountain, coming this Summer! - 24 April 2020
Welcome back, agent. It’s been too long. This is a brief communiqué to let all our most trusted operatives know that the story of Over the Alps is not over yet. This major free update will release over the summer and consist of an entire new self-contained story set in the same continuity as Over the Alps, featuring a whole new character! The story takes place a year earlier than Over the Alps, in August 1938. Some say war is on the horizon… Play as Annie Taylor, a British spy who has been called away from the comforts of Paris to deal with an urgent matter in Bern. Attempt to infiltrate the Swiss Grand Prix! Tangle with Nazis! Get shot at! Sometimes for good reason! Fall into a lake. Push other people into lakes. The lakes are off the charts. You may even encounter some familiar faces along the way… Watch this space - a release date is forthcoming. LudoNarraCon LudoNarraCon starts toda…
- We're at LudoNarraCon 2020 - April 24th to 27th! - 15 April 2020
https://i.imgur.com/1LmaVOF.png Attention agents! The team is working hard on our first update to Over the Alps, which we are aiming to put out in the following week. In the meantime, some exciting news; We're coming to LudoNarraCon! This online narrative games festival will have 40 game exhibitors, panels from industry leaders discussing game development, a sale featuring over 50 games, and 20+ playable demos. Over the Alps will be joining with our very own demo, streams through the entire weekend, plus a very exciting announcement on the 24th... Synchronise your watches! LudoNarraCon starts at 18:00 BST. Set yourself a reminder to attend here.
- Over The Alps, a WWII spy adventure, is out today - 3 April 2020
It’s World War II, the sequel nobody wanted, and the Swiss police are on your tail. That’s likely no good even in 2020, but in 1939 it’s especially inadvisable as you’re a spy trying very hard to stay undercover. Over The Alps is out today, taking you back to a colorful version of the war styled like a jaunty antique postcard collection. (more…)
