Gripper
Gripper is a story-driven action game with boss fights on wheels. Tear your enemies apart with a grappling hook. Rip out their metal hearts to gain abilities. Rescue your family and uncover the secrets of the…
Gripper is an adventure developed by Heart Core, released 29 March 2023 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Gripper is
Gripper is an adventure game developed by Heart Core and released in 2023. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Enter the burnout seat of None, a cyber biker who is stuck inside a collapsing world. None’s story is one of mystery and loss. Traverse the dystopian cyber landscapes in search of answers to your past. Explore dead lands with the help of your mechanized cat buddy. Defeat relentless bosses by gripping and ripping out their hearts. Help None make vital choices. Every answer you uncover is another loved one you put at risk, so go forth and save your family.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Gripper holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Gripper launched on 29 March 2023, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley and Wartales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley, Wartales.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gripper yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Gripper — frequently asked questions
When did Gripper come out?
If you like this
