Arcade Archives: Scion is an arcade developed by Seibu Kaihatsu, released 30 October 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Scion is
Arcade Archives: Scion is an arcade game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and released in 2025. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
“SCION” is a shooting game released by SEIBU KAIHATSU in 1984. The game is set in Crystal Heaven, a sprawling supercity built in multiple layers. Your mission is to rescue your captured kin trapped within the city’s core. Fight your way down from the upper levels, tearing through each layer as you advance toward the enemy’s stronghold deep within!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Scion launched on 30 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders and The Outer Worlds 2. It arrived 12 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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