Remember the Steamworld Dig and Steamworld-titled games on PC? Well, the developers for that title, Image & Form, is hard at work at a 3D action platformer title called The Gunk. And it’s almost ready.

According to a recent Thunderful Games showcase (via Wario64), The Gunk will be released on 16th December and will launch on Game Pass. Thunderful is handling the publishing of the title.

Welcome to a vast alien world in The Gunk.

Encounter terrifying enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel the mystery of a forgotten planet… Can you save it in the process?

??Coming to Xbox and Gamepass 16th December!#ThunderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/fwWYNYbB9m

— Thunderful Games ? (@Thunderfulgames) November 10, 2021

The Gunk will be releasing on December 16th, launching on Game Pass pic.twitter.com/aP6Kdbzqvd

— Wario64 (@Wario64) November 10, 2021

To recap, The Gunk is a story-driven action-adventure game where you control Rani who uses a power glove that can suck out the titular Gunk from the planet she’s in. The world is full of the gunk and the corrupted monsters affected by it, so there’s a bit of a pro-environmental message in the game.

Update: Here’s what the game director Ulf Hartelius has to say:

“As a team, it’s been a real pleasure to branch out and supplement the charm we’re known for with the SteamWorld series with a more ‘grown-up’ story like the one we are telling with The Gunk. We’ve been working hard to blend that intriguing sci-fi tale with the cool raymarching tech we’re using to create our mesmerizing gunk and a rich world for players to explore.”