Kine is an indie developed by Gwen Frey, released 16 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia.
What Kine is
Kine is an indie game developed by Gwen Frey and released in 2019. It was published by Chump Squad. It is available on 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
Kine is a 3D puzzle game about three whimsical machines that aspire to be musicians. Embark across a theatrically rendered cityscape by solving increasingly difficult 3D puzzles. Guide Euler, Quat, and Roo as they struggle to form a band and find their big break.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Kine holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Kine launched on 16 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. 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: The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.
Official trailer
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