Perish (2023) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Perish

Perish is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the…

80 2 February 2023 ESRB M

What Perish is

Perish is an indie game developed by ITEM42 and released in 2023. It was published by HandyGames. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are amyetri, a soul that failed to perform the Orphic rites and therefore condemned to spend eternity trapped in a corporeal body. The only way you can achieve salvation is to suffer the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory. By undertaking these trials, you will relive the suffering of the Olympian god Dionysus. If you come out the other end unscathed, you will have proven yourself worthy of the company of Orpheus, who will finally permit you to enter Elysium at his everlasting side. If you fail the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory, you will end up back at the Pantheon, forced to undertake the trials from scratch again.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Perish holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Perish launched on 2 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space and Metroid Prime Remastered. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. 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: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer