Astral Chain
Astral Chain is a stylish action game that blends fast-paced combat with investigation elements. Players fight alongside a controllable companion called a Legion, using coordinated attacks, restraints, and…
Astral Chain is an adventure developed by PlatinumGames, released 30 August 2019 on Nintendo Switch.
What Astral Chain is
Astral Chain is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2019. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Ark, a multi-cultural city in the near future, disaster strikes when gates to another dimension suddenly appear! Dangerous creatures begin to emerge, attacking the people and polluting the land, and normal police forces are unable to compete with them. To stand up against these threats, a brand new, special police unit known as Neuron is formed.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Astral Chain holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 114 votes.
What it launched against
Astral Chain launched on 30 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Astral Chain yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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