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Morto: Chapter 1

Morto is a heavy and enigmatic game that focuses on a psychological horror story with a hand-drawn and animated aesthetic. The game is being created in a structure of chapters that will be released over time…

6 August 2021

Morto: Chapter 1 is a platform, released 6 August 2021 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Morto: Chapter 1 is

Morto: Chapter 1 was released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Morto is a heavy and enigmatic game that focuses on a psychological horror story with a hand-drawn and animated aesthetic. The game is being created in a structure of chapters that will be released over time. In it you control a mysterious character and can walk and interact with objects in a 2D view, finding tense scenes and also trying to find out more about the story by exploring the environments, this game focuses heavily on the theme of depression so it should be avoided by those who have this predisposition. Warning: This game has a theme that should be avoided by people with depression problems.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Morto: Chapter 1 launched on 6 August 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes and The Forgotten City. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes, The Forgotten City.

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When did Morto: Chapter 1 come out?
Morto: Chapter 1 was released on 6 August 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

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