Black Skylands
Earth has been turned into thousands of flying islands. The survivors are at war for resources. You are an airship captain who wants to reach Black Skylands, a scavenger’s paradise. To do so you must destroy…
Black Skylands is an adventure developed by Hungry Couch Games, released 15 August 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Black Skylands is
Black Skylands is an adventure game developed by Hungry Couch Games and released in 2023. It was published by tinyBuild. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Many years ago, Earth turned into thousands of islands floating in the air. In the new world, peoples of Aspya used to live in peace… Until vicious raiders invaded their homelands. You are Eva—a proud daughter of the Earners. The Kain's Falcons, cold-blooded bandits from the Desert Lands, destroyed the Earners’ Fathership and took your old man’s life. Driven by revenge, you have to rebuild your aerial home “from the deck up”, arm and prepare for battle. However, the Kain’s Falcons are not the only threat you are about to face. Somewhere in the depths of the Black Skylands, the mysterious Swarm lurks…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Black Skylands holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Black Skylands launched on 15 August 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Sea of Stars. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Sea of Stars.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Black Skylands yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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