Monochroma is an adventure developed by Nowhere Studios, released 28 May 2014 on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Monochroma is
Monochroma is an adventure game developed by Nowhere Studios and released in 2014. It is available on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in an alternate universe, Monochroma tells the story of two little boys, brothers, who fly a kite. While the older brother watches over the younger, the younger brother injures himself. This means the older brother must carry the younger brother. The brothers soon witness something truly awful. Alone in the storm, they must survive six hours of devilishly clever puzzles in order to save their world from tyranny.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Monochroma holds a critic score of 46 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 23 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Monochroma launched on 28 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.
Official trailer
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