The role-playing musical Stray Gods has held back a week to avoid Baldur’s Gate 3

After developer Larian moved Baldur’s Gate 3’s release date forward a month to avoid a collision with Bethesda’s long-awaited Starfield, Dragon Age creator David Gaider’s Stray Gods music now moves back a week to avoid Baldur’s Gate 3.

Stray Gods (subtitled The Roleplaying Musical for Those with a Brain of the Leaky Kind) was originally set for release August 3, but Summerfall Studios — where Gaider is co-founder and creative director — has now revised its release date to August 10, stating, “We want to Everyone has enough space to check out Stray Gods when it launches. Baldur’s Gate 3 is highly anticipated (by us too!) and we want to give our fans space to celebrate Stray Gods.”

However, it appears that the Larian fantasy saga isn’t the only reason for Stray Gods’ short delay; Summerfall calls releasing the game across Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC simultaneously “a huge undertaking for any team, let alone for an indie team to ship their first title” and says the extra week “allows us to achieve parity as soon as possible – across every platform.”

Part narrative-driven adventure, part interactive musical, Stray Gods tells the story of Grace, a young woman whose life is turned upside down after she dies in her arms, the last muse of ancient Greek mythology. Soon you’re plunged into a hidden realm of gods and monsters where you’ll need to solve the mystery of the muse’s death – and yes, a lot of that happens in song.

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical features music by acclaimed composer Austin Wintory, and a star-studded cast that includes the likes of Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Felicia Day, and Rahul Kohli. It will be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC and Switch The revised release date is August 10th.