Returnal
- Released
Apr 30, 2021
2,004 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS5
Release dates
North America dates- Feb 15, 20231,348 days ago
- PC
- Apr 30, 20212,004 days ago
- PS5
About
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.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 1,384 players- Main story
- 19 h
- Main + extras
- 31 h
- Completionist
- 64 h
Game info
- Released
- 2021 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
- Perspective
- First person · Third person
- Engine
Unreal Engine 4- Multiplayer
- Online up to 2Online co-op 2Campaign co-op, Online co-op, Drop-in / drop-out
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTBlood, Mild Language, Violence
- PEGI16Violence
- CEROCViolence
- USK16No content descriptors
- GRAC15+Fear, Horror, Threatening, Violence
- CLASS IND14No content descriptors
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Languages
22 languagesArabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English and 16 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabicالعربية | |||
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | – | ||
| Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文 | – | ||
| DanishDansk | – | ||
| DutchNederlands | – | ||
| EnglishEnglish (US) | |||
| FinnishSuomi | – | ||
| FrenchFrançais | |||
| GermanDeutsch | |||
| ItalianItaliano | |||
| Japanese日本語 | |||
| Korean한국어 | |||
| NorwegianNorsk | – | ||
| PolishPolski | |||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | |||
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | |||
| RussianРусский | |||
| Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico) | – | ||
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | |||
| SwedishSvenska | – | ||
| Thaiไทย | – | ||
| VietnameseTiếng Việt | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Horror
- Science fiction
- action roguelike
- alien world
- atmospheric
- boss fight
- bullet hell
- cinematic
- dark
- difficult
- exploration
- fast paced
- narrative
- permadeath
18 more tags
- procedural generation
- psychological
- psychological horror
- resource gathering
- roguelike
- roguelite
- steam achievements
- steam cloud
- steam families
- story driven
- surreal
- surrealism
- the game awards - best action game - winner
- the game awards - best audio design - nominee
- the game awards - best game direction - nominee
- time loop
- time manipulation
- upgradable weapons
Story & names
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.
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.