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Returnal

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Genres
Shooter
Themes
ActionScience fictionHorror
Modes
Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative
Perspective
First personThird person
Developer
Housemarque
Publisher
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Local co-op
No
Release dates
Platform Date
PlayStation 5 April 30, 2021
PC (Microsoft Windows) February 15, 2023

About

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.

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.

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