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Deathbound

Deathbound is a one-of-a-kind party-based soulslike set in a callous world where Faith and Science clash. The forbidden city of Akratya is an unforgiving land that cannot be conquered alone. Bind with fallen…

60 8 August 2024

Deathbound is an adventure developed by Trialforge Studio, released 8 August 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Deathbound is

Deathbound is an adventure game developed by Trialforge Studio and released in 2024. It was published by Tate Multimedia. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Embark on a crusade through a medieval world forged from the ruins of technology where fanatical faith and unnatural science clash in the shadows of a crumbling society. The Church of Death stands at the gates of the grand city of Akratya. Their banners raised, righteous steel in hand. Their holy conquest to eliminate the Cult of Life is about to begin…amongst it all stands you. You are no one, yet everyone, the results of desperate experimentation in the pursuit of Eternal Life. In the eyes of the Church, an icon of sin and heresy. To others, validation of their relentless experiments. You stand in a world where there is no good nor evil, only justifications. Ziêminal is a callous world…
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How it plays

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

How it was received

Deathbound holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 16 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Deathbound launched on 8 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Halls of Torment and Cat Quest III. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Halls of Torment, Cat Quest III.

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When did Deathbound come out?
Deathbound was released on 8 August 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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