Glo
What happens in a game where most of it is hidden? Glo is a puzzle platformer where the majority of the world is hidden. Using blind faith, glowing projectiles and memory use your skill to escape the darkness…
Glo is an adventure developed by Chronik Spartan Games, released 23 October 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What Glo is
Glo is an adventure game developed by Chronik Spartan Games and released in 2017. It was published by Eastasiasoft. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tormented by the unknown environment and messages on the wall that give the feeling of being watched, Glo is found in a strange world where everything is covered in darkness. Using whatever light can be found and blind faith, Glo must try to find a way through the darkness to unravel the mystery and escape this nightmare.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, mystery, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Glo holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs.
What it launched against
Glo launched on 23 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
Official trailer
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