Kingdom of Arcadia
Kingdom of Arcadia is a metroidvania spanning five levels, each with multiple missions to undertake. Sam will encounter a wide variety of enemies, huge bosses and other obstacles in pixelated retro…
Kingdom of Arcadia is an adventure developed by Ratalaika Games, released 13 April 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Kingdom of Arcadia is
Kingdom of Arcadia is an adventure game developed by Ratalaika Games and released in 2021. It was published by Eastasiasoft. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sam is just a normal kid who likes video games. Likewise, his father has a passion for old games, but when Sam tries out his dad’s arcade machine, he’s suddenly pulled inside, where he finds himself starring in his own pixelated adventure. But can he get back home? Help Sam remove the spell cast on Arcadia and return safely before it’s too late!
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.
How it was received
Kingdom of Arcadia holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Kingdom of Arcadia launched on 13 April 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal and Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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