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Agony

Players will begin their journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about his past. The special ability to control people on their path, and even possess simple minded demons…

39 29 May 2018

Agony is an adventure developed by Madmind Studio, released 29 May 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.

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What Agony is

Agony is an adventure game developed by Madmind Studio and released in 2018. It was published by Forever Entertainment S.A.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players will begin their journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about his past. The special ability to control people on their path, and even possess simple minded demons, gives the player the necessary measures to survive in the extreme conditions they are in. By exploring the hostile environment and interacting with the other weary souls of the hellscape, the hero will soon understand that there is only one way to escape from Hell, and it will require a meeting of the mystical Red Goddess.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Agony holds a critic score of 39 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 30 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 7 hrs.

What it launched against

Agony launched on 29 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Characters

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Dlc

Quick answers

Agony — frequently asked questions

When did Agony come out?
Agony was released on 29 May 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Agony?
The main story of Agony takes around 7 hrs.

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