Returnal

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Break the cycle as this award-winning third-person shooter brings bullet hell action to PC. Selene’s roguelike odyssey arrives with a suite of arresting graphical and performance-based enhancements to ensure an unforgettable journey. This includes the full Returnal™ experience, complete with Suspend Cycle, Photo and Co-op Modes, as well as the Tower of Sisyphus included from day one. BACKGROUND: After crash-landing on this shape-shifting world, Selene must search through the barren landsc...
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Developer:
Climax Studios, Housemarque,
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PlayStation PC LLC,
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Genre:
Action,
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Visuals

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Game features

Single-player Single-player Online Co-op Online Co-op

Description

Break the cycle as this award-winning third-person shooter brings bullet hell action to PC. Selene’s roguelike odyssey arrives with a suite of arresting graphical and performance-based enhancements to ensure an unforgettable journey. This includes the full Returnal experience, complete with Suspend Cycle, Photo and Co-op Modes, as well as the Tower of Sisyphus included from day one.

BACKGROUND:
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. Through fast, relentless gameplay, you’ll discover that just as the planet changes with every cycle, so do the items at your disposal. Every loop offers new combinations, empowering you to push your boundaries and approach combat with a different strategy each time.

Brought to life by stunning visual effects, the dark beauty of the decaying world around you is packed with explosive surprises. From high stakes, bullet hell-fuelled combat, to jaw-dropping twists and turns set across stark and contrasting environments. You’ll explore, discover and fight your way through an unforgiving journey, where mystery stalks your every move. Designed for extreme replayability, the procedural world of Returnal invites you to dust yourself off in the face of defeat and take on new, evolving challenges with every rebirth.

The complete PC experience


Includes support for achievements, complete with an in-game progress tracker. Five graphical pre-sets have also been included, alongside in-game performance metrics, including an FPS counter, a gauge for GPU and CPU usage and a latency tracker.

Savour a dazzling visual experience


16:10, Ultrawide (21:9) and Super Ultrawide (32:9) aspect ratios offer an expanded field of view throughout Atropos – with wider aspects adding additional options for cinematics and the user interface. All this in stunning 4K.(1) On high-specification PCs, experience deeper immersion with ray-traced reflections and shadows, adding a whole new layer of lighting options – all customizable through various sliders. Performance enhancing technologies such as NVIDIA’s DLSS and NVIDIA NIS, as well as AMD’s FSR(2), are also available.

1 Compatible PC and display device required.
2 Compatible PC and graphics card required for enhanced graphics. 

Feel sensory overload, first hand


Play with the DualSense controller to experience haptic feedback and dynamic trigger effects.(3) Alternatively, choose mouse and keyboard or other controller inputs – all with fully customizable button prompts. Expanded accessibility options have also been added, including an alt-fire crosshair charging notification, alongside a Co-op ping system. Added support for Dolby Atmos, as well as the option to select type of 3D Audio support.(4) Hear sound all around you with pinpoint accuracy, bringing environments to life and helping improve your reactions.

3 Wired connection required to experience the full range of in-game controller features.
4 3D Audio modes require stereo headphones or compatible speaker

Co-op Mode:


In Co-op Mode, share your journey through the shifting labyrinth of Atropos with another PC player.(5) The hostile nature of Atropos will remain unwavering, but the possibility of teamwork adds a whole new dimension and means of survival. Each player controls a different version of Selene, from different cycles. Using the Chronosis device located in each biome, the host player summons a friend or is matched with another random online player. The progress of the host determines the available item pool for the duration of the multiplayer session.

Tower of Sisyphus:


Next time you wake at the crash site, look up. You should be able to see a gate towards the Tower of Sisyphus, accessible as long as you’ve unlocked the Icarian Grapnel.(5) In this Tower, prepare for a new kind of challenge. It’s a nearly endless ascending gauntlet with a pure focus on combat, how high you build up your score and progress, exclusive items, Scout logs and as-yet unseen fragments from Selene’s story.

5 The Tower of Sisyphus, House sequences and Challenge Mode are not available in Co-op Mode. Cross-play with players on PlayStation5 consoles is not supported.

INTENSE COMBAT - Fight to survive in this third-person roguelike shooter.
- Take on ruthless enemies in explosive, bullet hell-fuelled combat.

THRILLING EXPLORATION - Manage equipment and resources carefully – every time you die, you restart from the beginning.
- Scavenge alien tech for upgrades to enhance your abilities in future cycles.

HAUNTING NARRATIVE - Piece together fragments of Selene’s memories as she seeks out answers.
- Forge a personal connection with the planet as you explore its constantly evolving and decaying terrain.

Game's latest news

Returnal is getting a graphic novel and an artbook for its third anniversary
Several days ago, Housemarque teased an announcement to mark the third Returnal aniversary. Many were hoping for a new game... But alas, that was not to be. In the end, the game is getting an artbook and graphic novel created by Dark Horse. The comic in question is titled Returnal: Fallen Asteria and…
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Housemarque (Returnal) is announcing something this Tuesday, April 30
Housemarque (Returnal) is announcing something this Tuesday, April 30
The Finnish studio seems to be preparing a little something for the three-year anniversary of Returnal. Indeed, Housemarque will be celebrating its latest big title with an announcement. On X.com, the company has posted quite the cryptical image with "tomorrow", which is April 30. It remains…
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Returnal director leaves Housemarque
Returnal director leaves Housemarque
Harry Krueger has been working at Housemarque for almost 15 years. At the studio acquired by PlayStation in June 2021, he directed Nex Machina, as well as the excellent Returnal. In a press release, the Finnish company announced Krueger's departure. "Departing from Housemarque was a very difficult…

Reviews

9
Game review score based on 30 reviews, all languages included

Best reviews

Great Port, great game!

After 50 hours i can say its a really great game, performance is good also.

Would recommend to play the game, its worth full price.

The only bad thing is in coop, only the Host will get the progress.
  • Story(secret ending)
  • gameplay
  • did all achievements in round about 50h
  • sometimes fps drops, but not that bad
  • coop progress only in host lobby
Runs great with aging RTX 2080 and Threadripper 2950x on Windows 10.

The game is hard and is NOT a shooter where you should expect to progress from start to end in one or two sittings. There is no save system apart from being able to pick up where you leave off. So no save scumming. You must replay in the way the game intends.

You can mod it on Windows and make it much easier - but then what's the point? This game is only rewarding because it's hard and it feels good to master it.
  • Great graphics
  • Interesting world design
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Frustrating for people playing for the wrong reasons.
The game is very good in it's genre. It's a fast paced 3rd person shooter set in a sci fi environment where you play as Selene and you become stranded on a alien planet after you crush with your ship. Watch the full review here: https://youtu.be/PpBaZ4GLpAg
  • gameplay
  • storyline
  • not the best looking game
Had to verify my purchase which kinda sucked but luckily it was quick so thats great...

Anyway, the game is awesome; super addictive (if you like rogue-likes) and even though ive seen a lot of steam reviews ranting about performance my game never crashed and i only get a few frame drops here and there (worst was 45 fps for three seconds maybe)
  • Combat
  • Bosses
  • Environments
  • few frame drops

Recent reviews

it's under windows 10&11 a crash fest - it constantly crashes to 100% ... don't buy it until it'll be fixed

and than wait for a bigger sale. don'T touch it so lang please save your money.

The threaps over crashes are endless at the moment and no help ....

master peace of ****
  • optic
  • movement
  • crashes
  • crashes
  • and more crashes

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