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Returnal

2021 • Housemarque • Sony Interactive Entertainment • ESRB T

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PCPS5
Genres
ShooterActionScience fictionHorror
Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop. After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Every time she’s defeated, the player is forced to restart the journey.
Critics19 critic reviews
9.0/10
Players191 IGDB players
8.3/10
To finish the story
32h
Your rating

Should You Play It?

Great fit if you want

To be frightened on purpose
Gunplay at the centre of it
Someone beside you rather than against you

Think twice if you want

Something you can play relaxed
What it feels like
  • Tense
  • Combat-focused
Time commitment
Main journey
32h

Long. Several weeks of evenings.

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Rated
ESRB TPEGI 16USK 16ACB MCERO CGRAC 15+ClassInd 14

ESRB: Blood, Violence, Mild Language

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How Long It Takes

Rushing it
11 hours
Normally
32 hours

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Returnal

Digital Deluxe Edition

2021

Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop. After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Every time she’s defeated, the player is forced to restart the journey. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes: - Main game - Electropylon Driver weapon - Hollowseeker weapon - One Reflex Stimulant - One Adrenaline Booster - One Pulsating Mass artefact - PSN avatars for PS5 - Digital soundtrack

PS5

Story

Break the cycle of chaos on an always-changing alien planet where even death is no escape. After crash-landing on this shape-shifting world, Selene must search through the barren landscape of an ancient civilization for her escape. Isolated and alone, she finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Again and again, she’s defeated - forced to restart her journey every time she dies.

Details

Release date
30 April 2021
Developer
Housemarque
Publisher
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
First person, Third person
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Horror
Genres
Shooter
Platforms
PC, PS5
Critic score
9.019 critic reviews • Source: IGDB
Player score
8.3191 IGDB players • Source: IGDB
Combined score
8.6critics and players blended, 210 ratings • Source: IGDB
Anticipated by
21 people before release
Type
Main Game
Online co-op
Yes
Campaign co-op
Yes
LAN co-op
No
Splitscreen
No
Rated for (ESRB)
Blood, Violence, Mild Language
Rated for (PEGI)
Violence
Rated for (CERO)
Violence
Rated for (GRAC)
Fear, Horror, Threatening, Violence
Official titles
리터널 (Korea)
Companies
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Publisher), Housemarque (Developer)

Release Dates

PC
Feb 15, 2023
PS5
Apr 30, 2021

Platforms and Makers

PC (Microsoft Windows) logo

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlayStation 5 logo

PlayStation 5 • gen 9

Unreal Engine 4 logo

Unreal Engine 4

Sony Interactive Entertainment logo

Sony Interactive Entertainment • Publisher

Housemarque logo

Housemarque • Developer

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is the fourth-generation game engine developed by Epic Games. Development began in 2003 under Tim Sweeney’s direction, and the engine was publicly unveiled at GDC 2012. UE4 was officially released on March 19, 2014, with full C++ source access and a new subscription model.

Popularity

24hr Hours Watched
0.000
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0.000
Global Top Sellers
0.000
Played
0.000
Want to Play
0.000
24hr Peak Players
0.000
Postitive Reviews
0.000
Visits
0.000
Negative Reviews
0.000
Total Reviews
0.000

Languages

Interface
English, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico), Finnish, Korean, Thai, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, Chinese (Traditional), Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Dutch, Vietnamese, Danish, Norwegian
Audio
English, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico), Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Arabic, Spanish (Spain), Russian
Subtitles
Portuguese (Portugal), French, German, Italian, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, Chinese (Traditional), Vietnamese, English, Dutch, Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Danish, Thai

Tags

explorationpsychological horrorsurrealismdarkstory drivenroguelikefast pacedupgradable weaponsprocedural generationpermadeathtime manipulationcinematic

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