Conan in Conan: The Black Pyramid: Confirmed Facts

Is Conan a playable hero in Conan: The Black Pyramid?

Yes. Steam’s description invites you to “take control of such iconic heroes as Conan, Solomon Kane, Dark Agnes, and more”, and the press release lists the same three names among five playable heroes. The game’s opening line is “The Black Pyramid calls to warriors across time. Conan has answered.”

What is Conan’s role in the story?

The developers describe a situation, not a plot synopsis. Something is pulling heroes out of their own centuries. Conan and the others wake up inside the Black Pyramid, a labyrinth that “ignores space and time” and changes with every descent. The question at the centre is “who summoned you here?”.

Steam also says you will “confront the shadows of the champions themselves and piece together the dark secrets of their past”. That points to story built around the heroes’ own histories, but the studio has not shown what that looks like for Conan specifically.

Who is Conan in Robert E. Howard’s stories?

Conan the Barbarian is a sword-and-sorcery hero created by the American author Robert E. Howard (1906 to 1936). He debuted in 1932 in the magazine Weird Tales, and the character has since been adapted into books, comics, films, television, video games and role-playing games, according to Wikipedia.

The game is made under official license. In the announcement, the studio describes the licensor, Heroic Signatures, as “the home of Conan and Howard’s heroes”. This page keeps the source material and the game separate: what Howard wrote about Conan is background, not a description of how he plays here.

What has not been announced about Conan?

Where do I go next?

The other two named heroes are Solomon Kane and Dark Agnes. Two more heroes have not been announced. To understand how a hero’s playstyle can change, read about Warrior Memories, and to see him in motion, the announcement trailer is the only footage so far.