Alpha Polaris
Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.
Alpha Polaris is an adventure developed by Turmoil Games, released 22 October 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Alpha Polaris is
Alpha Polaris is an adventure game developed by Turmoil Games and released in 2015. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Wintermute Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the midst of the snowfields of Greenland lies Alpha Polaris, an American oil research station. High above, the ion storm of the century is gathering, bringing about a strange intermixing of reality and night terrors. It is up to Rune Knudsen, a Norwegian biologist, to take on a desperate struggle against fear and death, and to face the primordial force lurking beyond the veiled sky.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Alpha Polaris launched on 22 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.
Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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