Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne is an adventure developed by Rain Games, released 5 September 2023 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Linux.
What Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne is
Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne is an adventure game developed by Rain Games and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Discover the award winning, gaslamp fantasy world of “Girl Genius”! Experience Agatha Heterodyne’s story, as she navigates the hostile hallways, catacombs and kitchens of her ancestral home, Castle Heterodyne. As the Lost Heir to a mad family, she must return the ancient fortress to its former glory and ascend the throne as a "True Heterodyne". Only then can she stand up to the might of the Wulfenbach Empire and other power hungry usurpers. But first, she has to contend with a corrupted and insane AI controlling the castle, its spiky death traps, and bottomless doom-pits. Not to mention the painfully pink cherry on top, Zola Heterodyne. Another lost child? Or just another villain here to…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne launched on 5 September 2023, within three weeks of Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P and Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition. 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: Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition.
Official trailer
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