Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
ShooterPlatformAdventureIndieActionScience fictionretrometroidvaniarobotsfemale protagonistaction-adventuremultiple protagonistshumortrippyexplosiondigital distributionoriginal soundtrack releasecolor separationPlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
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Character
Cool, plot-driven, unpretentious and nostalgic.
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
- Developer
- Double Fine Productions
- Publisher
- Adult Swim Games
- Released
- July 25, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Buddha
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 45 ratings.
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