Smelter
Smelter is a real time strategy-action platformer hybrid inspired by classic games of the 16-bit era. Players play as Eve, who teams up with the mysterious armor, Smelter, in her search for Adam. Expand…
Smelter is an adventure developed by X Plus, released 21 April 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $5.99 at GOG.
What Smelter is
Smelter is an adventure game developed by X Plus and released in 2021. It was published by DANGEN Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the destruction of the Garden, Eve finds herself in an unfamiliar world and her beloved Adam is nowhere to be found. On her search for Adam, she encounters Smelter, an unusually over-confident, winged creature with the powerful ability to “Flootipoo” with others, giving them incredible powers. Offering his apparently “invaluable” assistance, Smelter flootipoos with Eve and they depart on a journey to the treacherous Rumbly Lands to expand Smelter’s territory, allowing them to reach further into the various domains to find out what happened to her Adam, hoping to find him in one piece and find a way back home.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Smelter holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at GOG, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Smelter launched on 21 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... and NieR Replicant v1.22474487139.... All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., NieR Replicant v1.22474487139....
Official trailer
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