Darwin Project
The Darwin Project takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic landscape in the Northern Canadian Rockies. As preparation for an impending Ice Age, a new project, half science experiment half…
Darwin Project is an indie developed by Scavengers Studio, released 14 January 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Darwin Project is
Darwin Project is an indie game developed by Scavengers Studio and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Darwin Project takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic landscape in the Northern Canadian Rockies. As preparation for an impending Ice Age, a new project, half science experiment half live-entertainment, is launched. It's called "The Darwin Project" and it challenges participants to survive the cold and fight to the death in a treacherous arena. The Darwin Project offers a competitive multiplayer third person survival experience featuring at its core a new gameplay innovation: the manhunt. In his or her path to victory, a player must survive extreme environmental conditions, track opponents, and set traps in order to win.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and survival.
What it launched against
Darwin Project launched on 14 January 2020, within three weeks of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Journey to the Savage Planet and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Journey to the Savage Planet, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore.
Official trailer
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