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Zapling Bygone

Zapling Bygone

Released: 3/9/2023

Play as an alien hive-mind who murders bosses, steals their abilities and wears their skulls. Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. Make every inch of the alien planet your playground as you learn its secrets and use them to your advantage. Take advantage of Zaplings sticky tentacles to fluidly jump and climb around the world. Features - Kill your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. - Find game-changing mutations that modify and enhance your abilities. - Explore and conquer 6 biomes, each with their own enemies, bosses and backstory. - Collect skull fragments that shine light on long dead civilizations. - Collect the history of the planet in comic fragments.

Play as an alien hive-mind who murders bosses, steals their abilities and wears their skulls. Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. Make every inch of the alien planet your playground as you learn its secrets and use them to your advantage. Take advantage of Zaplings sticky tentacles to fluidly jump and climb around the world. Features - Kill your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. - Find game-changing mutations that modify and enhance your abilities. - Explore and conquer 6 biomes, each with their own enemies, bosses and backstory. - Collect skull fragments that shine light on long dead civilizations. - Collect the history of the planet in comic fragments.

Play as an alien hive-mind who murders bosses, steals their abilities and wears their skulls. Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. Make every inch of the alien planet your playground as you learn its secrets and use them to your advantage. Take advantage of Zaplings sticky tentacles to fluidly jump and climb around the world. Features - Kill your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls. - Find game-changing mutations that modify and enhance your abilities. - Explore and conquer 6 biomes, each with their own enemies, bosses and backstory. - Collect skull fragments that shine light on long dead civilizations. - Collect the history of the planet in comic fragments.

Critics
77
Steam
80

Score Breakdown

76.7

Critic Average

3 reviews

80

Steam User Score

195 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-3.3
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-3.3

Average of both sources

Review Timing

3 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)