Downfall is an indie developed by Rawhand, released 12 September 2024 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Downfall is
Downfall is an indie game developed by Rawhand and released in 2024. It was published by CFK. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the midst of those terrible nightmares that keep you up at night, you leap into the abyss to restore the life destroyed by your dealings with the devil. Faust, the protagonist, had a successful life due to his dealings with the devil, but now he suffers from terrible dreams each night. To find what lies at the end of those dreams—to end it all—he decides to plunge into those nightmares and face the monsters that lie within... Downfall is a roguelike hack-and-slash game where you develop your character by stylishly defeating the endless waves of enemies within your nightmare.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Downfall launched on 12 September 2024, within three weeks of Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. It arrived 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.
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