When did Tokyo Babel come out?

Tokyo Babel was released on 31 August 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

Tokyo Babel (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Tokyo Babel

The gates of Heaven are closed shut; the realm of Hell consumed by flood. And in their wake, countless parallel worlds wither away, one after another. The surviving angels and demons gather at the city they…

65 31 August 2012

What Tokyo Babel is

Tokyo Babel is an adventure game developed by Propeller and released in 2012. It was published by MangaGamer. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The gates of Heaven are closed shut; the realm of Hell consumed by flood. And in their wake, countless parallel worlds wither away, one after another. The surviving angels and demons gather at the city they believe to be their final chance at salvation: the floating purgatory of "Tokyo Babel". Joined by humans, they embark on a pilgrimage across the seven layers of Babel, hoping to ascend Jacob's Ladder in an effort to re-open the gates of Heaven. Their journey would be an atonement toward the heavens. And yet, their plans fall into ruin as a group of pilgrims -- their minds consumed by madness - set out to lord over the numerous layers of Tokyo Babel with the intention to wreak complete…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Tokyo Babel holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Tokyo Babel launched on 31 August 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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