Return
An art driven souls-lite game set in the rebirth of your home planet. Return home, explore the mutated landscapes, slash, roll, and shoot your way through enemies. Find parts to repair your ship and collect…
Return is an adventure developed by Dead Unicorn, released 29 May 2023 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Return is
Return is an adventure game developed by Dead Unicorn and released in 2023. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The planet's ecosystems are shutting down, natural resources are scarce, chaos and wars rage as remaining inhabitants reach for the stars. After scraping up enough money for a ship, you leave behind your old life in search of a new one on the colonies. You set the ship to autopilot and prepare for cryo-sleep. Upon waking up you discover that your ship encountered an error during flight and the autopilot returned home for repairs. After dozens of years, the horrific storm of events that came to pass has mutated and distorted the planet beyond recognition. Your only choice to survive is to explore the surrounding landscape and collect parts to repair your ship.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Return launched on 29 May 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock and Street Fighter 6. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock, Street Fighter 6.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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