Two developers have been working on their indie game on Steam for 2 years, and now there’s a first trailer for it. The duo is already doing two things right.
What game are we talking about? We’re speaking of Tenkemo, a new multiplayer open-world game by Meh Studios on Steam. The developers, who according to their YouTube channel are a duo, have been working on the game for two years, which looks like a mix of Minecraft and Satisfactory.
On October 4, 2025, the first real trailer for Tenkemo was released. This has already convinced many players, not just with the gameplay shown.
You can watch the reveal trailer for Tenkemo here:
This is what the trailer shows: The graphics and the basic gameplay remind of Minecraft. You navigate through a voxel-based game world, which you can edit directly with a pickaxe in hand. For instance, you can dig into the ground or into hills, or channel water into an empty pit.
Unlike in Minecraft, characters, animals, and objects in Tenkemo are not represented as blocky. Additionally, the game is played from a third-person perspective, not the first-person.
The base building in Tenkemo is more reminiscent of Satisfactory: You set up workstations, lay down conveyor belts, and refine vast amounts of resources. Moreover, Tenkemo adopts a humorous tone with visual gags that is quite similar to that of Satisfactory.
However, the developers have also done two things right that don’t necessarily relate to the trailer itself.
Developers impress with feedback and humor
What else have the developers done right? Firstly, they have clearly shown that player feedback is important to them. The game already has its fans but there is also much criticism of certain animations.
Comments like these can be increasingly found under the trailer on YouTube:
- “This looks fantastic! The only thing that would bother me is the speed of climbing, jumping down, and running.” (freddy3238)
- “This jump animation could be annoying in the game.” (Snow0zero)
- “Please make descending from individual blocks faster and smoother, this delay is really bad. Everything else looks incredible.” (Noizzed)
The developers promptly respond with a statement in the comments: “It seems many people are annoyed, we will make [climbing, falling, running] faster.” This already shows that the team values player feedback and responds to it.
Secondly, the two developers prove that they have a sense of humor (if the name of the studio hasn’t made that clear already). Just a day after the trailer’s release, the developers joked in the comments:
Okay guys, we got a call from the CEO of EA, and he suggested that instead of fixing the problem with slow jumping, we should sell boots that make jumping faster for $99.99. What should we do? It’s really hard to decide.
This is well-received by players who quickly jump on the bandwagon:
- “I personally think the cute animals, which are definitely a selling point for the game, should be hidden behind a flawed $99 DLC.” (solmateusbraga)
- “I hope you don’t mean that seriously. Because it should actually be a subscription model. Lock it behind a monthly battle pass – if you miss it, you just have to wait until the next season. And offer different jumping speeds based on the rarity of the boots.” (jocosesonata)
When will the game be released? No release date has been set yet, but there’s already a warning from the developers. Scammers are reportedly running a false website with the game’s name and offering a beta download there. It is a virus – there is no beta available for the game yet.
The developers strictly warn against downloading any supposed betas of Tenkemo from the internet. The real beta, which could come in spring 2026, will then be available on Steam.
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