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Into the Pit

A fast-paced retro-FPS roguelite! As a member of a family of lore-hunting mystics you are summoned to a cursed village, drawn by rumors of a demonic portal. Dark magics have overwhelmed the village, It's up to…

19 October 2021

Into the Pit is an indie developed by Nullpointer Games, released 19 October 2021 on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Into the Pit is

Into the Pit is an indie game developed by Nullpointer Games and released in 2021. It is available on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As members of a family of lore-hunting mystics, you and your cousin Luridia separately wander the land following rumors of occult power. After discovering a demonic pit in a nearby village, Luridia’s once prolific letters grow silent. Something has gone terribly wrong. Now it is up to you to journey to the desolate hamlet under dark eldritch skies. What did Luridia discover? And what great power has this village unearthed?
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Into the Pit launched on 19 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It arrived 8 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

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When did Into the Pit come out?
Into the Pit was released on 19 October 2021 for Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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