Housemarque

Returnal

Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop. After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Every time she’s defeated, the player is forced to restart the journey.

Released: 30 April 2021
Developer: Housemarque
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Perspective: First person · Third person
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB T
Controller: Full controller support
Steam recommendations: 6,518
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5
Genres: Shooter
Estimated owners: 500,000–1,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 90
Critic rating: 207
Ratings counted: 81%
Steam reviews: 38
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Returnal

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System requirements 16 GB RAM Download size 60.0 GB Steam Deck Unsupported Player counts 244

Returnal

The story

Break the cycle of chaos on an always-changing alien planet where even death is no escape. After crash-landing on this shape-shifting world, Selene must search through the barren landscape of an ancient civilization for her escape. Isolated and alone, she finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Again and again, she’s defeated – forced to restart her journey every time she dies.

Returnal