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Biota

Biota is a 2D metroidvania inspired shooter set on a wild and dangerous sci-fi, pixel-art planet. Get ready to face hostile alien life forms and investigate a mysterious mining colony as a group of ragtag…

12 April 2022

Biota is an adventure developed by small bros, released 12 April 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Biota is

Biota is an adventure game developed by small bros and released in 2022. It was published by Retrovibe. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Biota is a 2D metroidvania inspired shooter set on a wild and dangerous sci-fi, pixel-art planet. Get ready to face hostile alien life forms and investigate a mysterious mining colony as a group of ragtag heroes from the future, all in glorious 4-color palettes and detailed 8-bit visuals.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Biota launched on 12 April 2022, within three weeks of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

Released around the same time: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

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When did Biota come out?
Biota was released on 12 April 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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