Orphan
Orphan draws inspiration from the classic 2D games of gaming's golden era. Orphan focuses on immersive gameplay, visuals and atmosphere and channels classics like Another World, Blackthorne and Oddworld: Abe's…
Orphan is an adventure developed by Windy Hill Studio, released 31 October 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Orphan is
Orphan is an adventure game developed by Windy Hill Studio and released in 2018. It was published by 2Dimensions. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Orphan draws inspiration from the classic 2D games of gaming's golden era. Orphan focuses on immersive gameplay, visuals and atmosphere and channels classics like Another World, Blackthorne and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysey, with a touch of Journey to Silius. Oh yeah and let's not forget a little Limbo. You will sneak across the countryside through open fields and dense forests, over dangerous mountains and through lush valleys, ducking behind rocks and trees all while being pursued by an army of machines designed to destroy all life. However the machines have their weaknesses and they carry powerful weapons that may be able to be used against them.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Orphan holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Orphan launched on 31 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V and Hitman 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V, Hitman 2.
Official trailer
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