Returnal

Returnal

Available on:

PC
PS5

Genres

Shooter

Developer

Housemarque

Release Date

April 29, 2021 (4 years ago)

Publisher

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Content Rating

T

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By Ari Notis Published April 29, 2021

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Summary

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.

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