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Periphery Synthetic

Explore a planetary system, synthesize new abilities, and reveal its past. This interactive EP offers a chill and non-violent metroidvania experience across procedurally-generated musical playgrounds.

22 August 2024

Periphery Synthetic is an adventure developed by shiftBacktick, released 22 August 2024 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Periphery Synthetic is

Periphery Synthetic is an adventure game developed by shiftBacktick and released in 2024. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore a planetary system, synthesize new abilities, and reveal its past. This interactive EP offers a chill and non-violent metroidvania experience across procedurally-generated musical playgrounds.
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How it plays

It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Periphery Synthetic launched on 22 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.

Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.

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When did Periphery Synthetic come out?
Periphery Synthetic was released on 22 August 2024 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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