Röki

Röki is an adventure video game developed by British studio Polygon Treehouse and published by United Label Games. It follows Tove, a young girl, traveling into the ancient wilderness to rescue your younger brother Lars from Röki, a pitch-black monster from the pages of a fairy tale.

Röki
Developer(s)Polygon Treehouse
Publisher(s)United Label Games
Designer(s)Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou, Tom Jones
Composer(s)Aether
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • WW: July 23rd, 2020
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: Oct 15th, 2020
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

In Röki, the player takes the role of Tove, a young girl journeying into the wilderness to find her brother Lars. The game follows the course of her adventure as she encounters folklore creatures and solves puzzles to unlock paths deeper into the forest.[1]

The gameplay is a modern take on the point and click genre, with players collecting items in a backpack to the be used in the game world to solve puzzles.[2][3]

Development

Polygon Treehouse pitched and secured funding for Röki as part of the fourth year round of funding from the UK Games Fund.[4] The soundtrack was composed by a Scottish composer Aether.[5][6]

Reception

Röki has an aggregate score of 76/100 on PC[9] and 79/100 on Nintendo Switch[10] on Metacritic.

It was nominated for "Best Debut Game" at The Game Awards 2020,[11] and won "Best Indie Game" at the DevGamm awards in 2020.[12]

References
  1. "Röki review - Scandinavian fairytale with a razor-sharp edge". the Guardian. July 29, 2020.
  2. Donlan, Christian (July 23, 2020). "Röki review - If you go down in the woods today..."
  3. Castle, Katharine (July 22, 2020). "Röki review".
  4. "Funded Projects".
  5. Castle, Katharine (July 23, 2020). "Röki's music sounds as gorgeous as the game looks".
  6. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  7. Tekaia, Pascal (July 31, 2020). "Röki review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  8. Rudek, Jordan (October 18, 2020). "Röki (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  9. "Roki". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  10. "Roki". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  11. Awards, The Game. "Best Debut Game | Nominees | The Game Awards". Best Debut Game | Nominees | The Game Awards.
  12. "DevGAMM Awards Winners".
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