Saturnalia is an adventure developed by Santa Ragione, released 27 October 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Saturnalia is
Saturnalia is an adventure game developed by Santa Ragione and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Saturnalia is a survival-horror adventure inspired and heavily influenced by the folklore of Sardinia, Italy, a region rich with unique traditions and culture. You play as four characters, experiencing a deeply connected storyline that ties back to the haunting traditions of this ancient village. The village itself is an elaborate maze with no two iterations being precisely the same - you will have to explore and solve the mysteries of the game largely unguided. Die, and watch the village reconfigure itself into a new form. Solve puzzles and open shortcuts to new areas with tools and items you find along the way, unlocking every piece of the story with different characters, each suited for…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Saturnalia holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Saturnalia launched on 27 October 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Saturnalia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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