{"id":1778008,"date":"2026-02-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1778008"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:00:00","slug":"we-need-just-a-few-more-weeks-highly-anticipated-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-gets-delayed-into-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1778008","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We need just a few more weeks&#8221; &#8211; highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer Replaced gets delayed into April"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/replaced\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Replaced<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;We need just a few more weeks&#8221; &#8211; highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer Replaced gets delayed into April<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">AI, AI, oh.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Reach-going-up-against-some-Termite-goons-in-Replaced.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Reach going up against some Termite goons in Replaced\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Reach-going-up-against-some-Termite-goons-in-Replaced.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sad Cat<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-18T14:00:00+00:00\">Feb. 18, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"4ff5f56c-841d-432d-af96-362df29b0ef8\" data-name=\"Replaced\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Replaced\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Replaced\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Replaced\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Replaced\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Replaced\" title=\"Follow Replaced\"><br \/>\n  Follow Replaced<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Replaced, the highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Replaced is the rather wonderful looking 2.5D &#8220;retro-futuristic&#8221; sci-fi platformer, which is set in an alternate 1980s America that has been scarred by a nuclear catastrophe. It plops players into the shoes of Reach, an AI who becomes unexpectedly trapped inside a human&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<p>But while we were once expecting to get our hands on Replaced next month, the developer has decided to delay its release a notch. In a statement, Sad Cat said while Replaced is &#8220;technically finished&#8221;, it feels a few more weeks to get the game fully &#8220;polished, stable, and true to the vision we&#8217;ve shared with you&#8221; would be beneficial. As such, Replaced will now launch across PC and Xbox Series X\/S on 14th April.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime while we wait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/highly-anticipated-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-gets-demo-and-you-can-play-it-this-week\">there is a Replaced demo currently available to try out via Steam<\/a>. Sad Cat called the response to Replaced&#8217;s demo thus far &#8220;the ultimate fuel&#8221; for the development team. &#8220;To be honest, putting it out there was nerve-wracking, but seeing your gameplay, reading your reviews, and hearing your excitement has been overwhelming in the best way possible,&#8221; Sad Cat said in the statement announcing Replaced&#8217;s delay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are constantly reading your comments, and that feedback is helping us make the final tweaks that will make the full game shine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sad Cat closed by thanking its community for its &#8220;patience and support&#8221; in the years since Replaced was first unveiled. &#8220;Many of you have followed us on this journey every step of the way, and seeing your passion is what makes these final days and nights of development worth it,&#8221; the studio said. &#8220;We are super close to the finish line and we can&#8217;t wait for you to experience the final results of years of hard work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Key art for Replaced showing a middle-aged man's face layered over a vision of a futuristic city adn red and blue background\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/replaced_art.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7713333333333334\" width=\"5314\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Key art for Replaced showing a middle-aged man's face layered over a vision of a futuristic city adn red and blue background\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"replaced_art.png\" height=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7713333333333334\" width=\"5314\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sad Cat<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Replaced has had its release date moved. Back in 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/belarusian-based-sat-cat-studio-delays-upcoming-game-due-to-russias-war-in-ukraine\">studio was forced to delay Replaced due to the impact of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>. Then, in 2023, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-delayed-into-2024\">delayed into 2024<\/a>, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/25d-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-delayed-into-2025\">delayed once more into 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was recently lucky enough to go hands-on with Replaced. &#8220;I really think Replaced has the potential to be something special. I fully expect I will need tissues by the end of it, though, because I have theory about where things are going and well, yeah, emotions. And while emotions alone don&#8217;t always count for much, it&#8217;s the brutality and relevance of its dystopian setting that makes such a human heart matter,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/replaced-preview\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Replaced preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Replaced, the highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Replaced is the rather wonderful looking 2.5D &#8220;retro-futuristic&#8221; sci-fi platformer, which is set in an alternate 1980s America that has been scarred by a nuclear catastrophe. It plops players into the shoes of Reach, an AI who becomes unexpectedly trapped inside a human&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<p>But while we were once expecting to get our hands on Replaced next month, the developer has decided to delay its release a notch. In a statement, Sad Cat said while Replaced is &#8220;technically finished&#8221;, it feels a few more weeks to get the game fully &#8220;polished, stable, and true to the vision we&#8217;ve shared with you&#8221; would be beneficial. As such, Replaced will now launch across PC and Xbox Series X\/S on 14th April.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime while we wait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/highly-anticipated-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-gets-demo-and-you-can-play-it-this-week\">there is a Replaced demo currently available to try out via Steam<\/a>. Sad Cat called the response to Replaced&#8217;s demo thus far &#8220;the ultimate fuel&#8221; for the development team. &#8220;To be honest, putting it out there was nerve-wracking, but seeing your gameplay, reading your reviews, and hearing your excitement has been overwhelming in the best way possible,&#8221; Sad Cat said in the statement announcing Replaced&#8217;s delay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are constantly reading your comments, and that feedback is helping us make the final tweaks that will make the full game shine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sad Cat closed by thanking its community for its &#8220;patience and support&#8221; in the years since Replaced was first unveiled. &#8220;Many of you have followed us on this journey every step of the way, and seeing your passion is what makes these final days and nights of development worth it,&#8221; the studio said. &#8220;We are super close to the finish line and we can&#8217;t wait for you to experience the final results of years of hard work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Key art for Replaced showing a middle-aged man's face layered over a vision of a futuristic city adn red and blue background\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/replaced_art.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7713333333333334\" width=\"5314\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Key art for Replaced showing a middle-aged man's face layered over a vision of a futuristic city adn red and blue background\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"replaced_art.png\" height=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7713333333333334\" width=\"5314\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sad Cat<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Replaced has had its release date moved. Back in 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/belarusian-based-sat-cat-studio-delays-upcoming-game-due-to-russias-war-in-ukraine\">studio was forced to delay Replaced due to the impact of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>. Then, in 2023, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-delayed-into-2024\">delayed into 2024<\/a>, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/25d-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-delayed-into-2025\">delayed once more into 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was recently lucky enough to go hands-on with Replaced. &#8220;I really think Replaced has the potential to be something special. I fully expect I will need tissues by the end of it, though, because I have theory about where things are going and well, yeah, emotions. And while emotions alone don&#8217;t always count for much, it&#8217;s the brutality and relevance of its dystopian setting that makes such a human heart matter,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/replaced-preview\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Replaced preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Replaced &#8220;We need just a few more weeks&#8221; &#8211; highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer Replaced gets delayed into April AI, AI, oh. Image credit: Sad Cat News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on Feb. 18, 2026 Follow Replaced Replaced, the highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has been delayed. 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