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Yurukill: The Calumniation Games

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games mixes escape adventure and bullet hell shoot 'em up, with an original story by Homura Kawamoto (famous for Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler).

84 26 May 2022

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is an adventure developed by G.rev, released 26 May 2022 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is an adventure game developed by G.rev and released in 2022. It was published by Izanagi Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sengoku Shunju wakes up in his prison cell. A woman wearing a fox mask introduces herself as Binko, and says: “Sengoku Shunju, you are a criminal sentenced to years in prison, you’ve been offered the chance to gain your freedom. You must survive the various ‘attractions’ in a certain ‘amusement park.’ If you succeed, your crimes will be pardoned.” “No, you’ve got it all wrong, I’ve been falsely accused! I’m innocent!” The victim of one of his alleged crimes appears. Her name is Rina Azami. “Sengoku Shunju. A name I will never forget. You killed my entire family. For that, I will never forgive you.” Sengoku is in prison, charged with arson and murder—for burning to death 21 people, including…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, drama, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games launched on 26 May 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry. It reviewed better than 1 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: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.

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When did Yurukill: The Calumniation Games come out?
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games was released on 26 May 2022 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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