Why play it
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.
The Digital Deluxe Edition includes:
- Main game
- Electropylon Driver weapon
- Hollowseeker weapon
- One Reflex Stimulant
- One Adrenaline Booster
- One Pulsating Mass artefact
- PSN avatars for PS5
- Digital soundtrack
Story and worldbuilding
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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