Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop… Summary: IGDB
Mind Score
Fair to the playerAge · PEGI 16
open chat with strangers: use parental settings
Respect
85
Stimulation
lively
Has an endingStop anytime
On failure
Punishing: a death costs progress or a long way back
- Steam tag “Souls-like” (19 votes)
- IGDB keyword “permadeath”
- Souls-like: dying costs your progress and a run back to your body
Watch out for
Open chat with strangers
- ESRB: Users Interact
What it exercises
Exploration and curiosity
- IGDB keyword “exploration”
High confidence · 27 Sept 2026 · Rules-based estimate from the Steam store, player reviews and PEGI/ESRB descriptors. Not a substitute for the official rating or your own judgement. Tap a label to see the evidence.