Golem is an adventure developed by Highwire Games, released 15 November 2019 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR.
What Golem is
Golem is an adventure game developed by Highwire Games and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Golem, you play as an adventurous kid who has been seriously injured. You are stuck at home in your bed, dreaming of exploring the outside world. You gradually develop the power to create and control stone creatures known as golems. You see through their eyes, direct their movements, and use them to explore beyond the confines of your room. At first, you can only build small doll-sized golems to send around your room… but eventually your powers will grow, until you can send enormous 15-foot tall giants to explore an ancient abandoned city.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Golem holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Golem launched on 15 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Persona 5 Royal.
Official trailer
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