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Krimson

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn moving through a hellish world as it shifts rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means…

21 March 2024

Krimson is an adventure developed by CryingPsycho, released 21 March 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Krimson is

Krimson is an adventure game developed by CryingPsycho and released in 2024. It was published by PM Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn moving through a hellish world as it shifts rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often, and death is very short.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Krimson launched on 21 March 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma II, Unicorn Overlord and Minishoot' Adventures. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma II, Unicorn Overlord, Minishoot' Adventures.

Official trailer

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When did Krimson come out?
Krimson was released on 21 March 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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