Melatonin is an arcade developed by Half Asleep, released 15 December 2022 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Melatonin is
Melatonin is an arcade game developed by Half Asleep and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Melatonin holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Melatonin launched on 15 December 2022, within three weeks of Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and High on Life. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, High on Life.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Melatonin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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