A Pixel Story is an adventure developed by Lamplight Studios, released 30 March 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What A Pixel Story is
A Pixel Story is an adventure game developed by Lamplight Studios and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
A Pixel Story holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
A Pixel Story launched on 30 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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