The Palace on the Hill
An open-world adventure, exploration game where you tend to your farm, talk to villagers and collect stories from them to make beautiful Indian miniature inspired paintings in your own unique way.
The Palace on the Hill is an adventure developed by Niku Games, released 20 October 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and HyperScan.
What The Palace on the Hill is
The Palace on the Hill is an adventure game developed by Niku Games and released in 2022. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, HyperScan, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story is about a teenage boy, Vir, set in a hillside village in India. Vir is an aspiring artist and creates art by exploring the ruins of an ancient kingdom in his village. In his explorations, he discovers various things and stories told by the villagers which become references for his artworks. Vir's father, a farmer, is struggling with debt due to failed crops and loses the savings meant for his son's college. During the course of his summer vacation, Vir gets an exciting opportunity to showcase his artworks in a gallery which will earn him a lot of money. To fulfil this quest Vir has to create a series of paintings depicting the royal history of their village. Every player of this…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Palace on the Hill launched on 20 October 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. It arrived 2 years into the Xbox Series'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.
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