Jusant is an adventure developed by DON'T NOD, released 31 October 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $9.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 4.9 hrs to finish.
What Jusant is
Jusant is an adventure game developed by DON'T NOD and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A lone wanderer arrives at the foot of a colossal, sun-scorched tower that rises far above the clouds, once ringed by ocean and now abandoned after a devastating drought known as the Jusant drained the world of its water. Accompanied by a small companion made of water called Ballast, the climber ascends the tower level by level, discovering the relics, homes, and letters of the vanished civilization that once thrived along its heights. With no spoken word, the story unfolds through the environment itself, piecing together what became of the people and the sea that sustained them.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 21 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Jusant holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $9.99, that works out to about $2.04 per hour of the main story, or $1.00 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-6700 (4 * 3400), AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 * 3500) or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and GPU supporting DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 is mandatory, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4096 MB), Radeon RX 570 (8192 MB). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $9.99 at GOG, 60% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Indonesia is the cheapest region we track at Rp 80,000 (about $4.47), while United Kingdom pays £8.99 — 2.7 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 4 on Steam, which is about $4.49.
What it launched against
Jusant launched on 31 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Forza Motorsport. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Forza Motorsport.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Jusant yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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