Why It Ranks
“AAA meets roguelike in a bullet-hell nightmare.” — The AAA Roguelike. Scored 22/30.
Score Breakdown
The Review
Returnal proved that roguelikes can be AAA. Housemarque combined their arcade expertise with a harrowing sci-fi narrative about a pilot trapped in a death loop on an alien planet. The DualSense haptic feedback is the best implementation on PS5, the biome variety keeps runs fresh, and the bullet-hell boss fights are spectacular. The story unfolds through environmental details and cryptic sequences that reward dozens of runs.
Fun Fact
The game had no save system at launch, meaning a single run could take hours with no way to pause — a controversial choice that was later patched.
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