Above Snakes
Piece by piece, create your own world and survive in this Wild West-inspired survival RPG. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and fight in order to stay alive.
Above Snakes is an adventure developed by Tobias Schnackenberg, released 25 May 2023 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Above Snakes is
Above Snakes is an adventure game developed by Tobias Schnackenberg and released in 2023. It was published by Crytivo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Corpse Creek, 1883. The darkness of the midnight sky was interrupted by bright green light, shortly after flaming stones came raining down on this otherwise quiet town. People stormed out of their homes to see what was going on. The sky was lit brightly green. After a few seconds the first of those meteorites reached the ground with a massive bang. The people who survived the incident took their loved ones to the Corpse Creek graveyard the next day. The bodies are just underground and the local preacher Noah just spoke his last blessing words to end the ceremony when the ground started moving and a hand reached out of one of the graves. People quickly pulled their firearms but weren't able…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are open world, sandbox and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Above Snakes launched on 25 May 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock and Street Fighter 6. It arrived 10 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock, Street Fighter 6.
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