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Primal Light

Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and…

9 July 2020

Primal Light is an adventure developed by Fat Gem, released 9 July 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Primal Light is

Primal Light is an adventure game developed by Fat Gem and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Godot.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Primal Light launched on 9 July 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite and Carrion. It arrived 7 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Carrion.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Primal Light come out?
Primal Light was released on 9 July 2020 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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