Game: Returnal

Returnal

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.

8.6

Release date: 4/30/2021

Storyline

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.

Genres

Shooter

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Player Perspectives

Third person

Companies

Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Keywords

exploration, surrealism, dark, story driven, roguelike, fast paced, upgradable weapons, procedural generation, permadeath, time manipulation, cinematic, difficult, bullet hell, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, time loop, boss fight, resource gathering, narrative, roguelite, alien world, action roguelike