Gylt
Enter the new creation from Tequila Works, a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions. Set in a creepy and melancholic world, GYLT is an eerie story…
Gylt is an adventure developed by Parallel Circles, released 19 November 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Gylt is
Gylt is an adventure game developed by Parallel Circles and released in 2019. It was published by Tequila Works. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the fictional mining town of Bethelwood, Maine, a young girl named Sally Kauffman searches for her missing cousin Emily, papering the streets with posters in the hope of finding her. After a run-in with school bullies leaves her stranded, Sally boards a cable car and is pulled into a nightmarish parallel world crawling with monsters that echo her own fears. Armed with little more than a flashlight, she must sneak and survive through this dark reflection of her town, guided by a mysterious old man named Charon, as she tries to rescue Emily and confront the painful truths of their past.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Gylt holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Gylt launched on 19 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gylt yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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