Shiny
Left to fend for himself after mankind abandoned the doomed planet Aurora, robot Kramer 227 must find a way through 20 action-packed levels and rescue his robotic friends before Aurora crashes into its sun.
Shiny is an indie developed by Garage227 Studios, released 31 August 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.49 at Humble Store.
What Shiny is
Shiny is an indie game developed by Garage227 Studios and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Left to fend for himself after mankind abandoned the doomed planet Aurora, robot Kramer 227 must find a way through 20 action-packed levels and rescue his robotic friends before Aurora crashes into its sun.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shiny holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at Humble Store, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Shiny launched on 31 August 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.
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