Röki

Polygon Treehouse·Released Jul 23, 2020·Single player

Platforms: Xbox Series XPS4PCPS5Switch
Genres: AdventurePlatformerPuzzleIndie

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Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters. Find your courage, discover hidden paths, solve ancient puzzles and travel deeper through the icy land to learn the truth. We join Tove on a fantastical journey to save her family. A journey that takes her deep into a hidden and long forgotten world of lost folklore filled with strange locations and even stranger creatures. Explore the ancient wilderness, solve its mysteries, save your family in this modern adventure game for all.

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year:2021 2020

Eurogamer

Christian Donlan·Jul 23, 2020

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Like a lot of things based on Scandinavian folklore, Röki looks cute but isn't really. This is entirely to its credit -…

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Rock Paper Shotgun

Katharine Castle·Jul 22, 2020

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I thought Röki was going to be a cute and throwaway little puzzle game with a light adventure wrapping, but Polygon Treehouse have gone so much further, and so much deeper than I was expecting. Like all great folklore stories, there is a quiet devastation lurking beneath Röki’s picturebook world, elevating this mythic tale of gods and monsters into the pantheon of all-time adventure game greats.

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