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Malus

Malus is a Action Role Playing Game with an emphasis on horror, combat and gameplay. The game is much slower paced than your typical ARPG. In Malus, the world has been overrun by eternal darkness. Demons have…

10 March 2020

Malus is an adventure developed by Rahman Abdul, released 10 March 2020 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Malus is

Malus is an adventure game developed by Rahman Abdul and released in 2020. It was published by team ramen. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Malus is a Action Role Playing Game with an emphasis on horror, combat and gameplay. The game is much slower paced than your typical ARPG. In Malus, the world has been overrun by eternal darkness. Demons have won the Celestial War and taken over the world. Every corner of the land you will find evil lurking. Humanity is in the brink of extinction. You play as either a Male or Female, you wake up in the middle of a forest, not knowing how you got there, you scower the land in search answers. Soon uncovering dark and horrific secrets about the land and also yourself.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Malus launched on 10 March 2020, within three weeks of Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Persona 5 Royal.

Released around the same time: Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Persona 5 Royal.

Official trailer

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When did Malus come out?
Malus was released on 10 March 2020 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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