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Etherborn

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: FoxNext Games
Developer: Altered Matter
Release Date: July 18, 2019

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'Etherborn' Also Comes to PS4, Xbox One and Switch - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on May 3, 2018 @ 5:17 p.m. PDT

Etherborn is a gravity-shifting puzzle-platformer where you play as a voiceless body in search of your meaning as you explore dreamlike, Escheresque levels.

Traversal is built around your unique sense of gravity that anchors you to any surface you stand on. Moving through the environment becomes the puzzle in itself, where each level acts as a sort of organic Rubik's Cube that players need to explore, manipulate and shift their gravity on in order to decipher the way forward.

You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice calls to you, patiently awaiting your arrival. As your first thoughts emerge, you realise your journey has just begun. You must reach this ethereal voice to fully understand your own existence.

In this world, the laws of physics behave in a way that will bend your imagination. You experience gravity perpendicular to the surface you are standing on, allowing for creative exploration possibilities in environments carefully crafted as navigation-based puzzles.


Spanish developer Altered Matter is currently running an Etherborn FIG campaign to raise $30,000 funds for these final stretches of production.

Traverse different areas that each have their own distinct feel and atmosphere. Every step you take brings you new challenges, as each level has its own particular and imaginative puzzle design.

Observe and explore your surroundings, in order to fully understand how each structure is cunningly designed. You will discover new connected surfaces that create your new path forward, reaching new areas and elements of the sceneries.

Figure out how your unique experience of gravity will allow you to shift your ground and orientation on the level to actually get across.

Find and collect mysterious light orbs scattered around the levels. Use these luminous keys to activate switches that alter your surroundings even further, allowing you to push onwards to your final destination.

But as the Voice continually speaks and guides you, you will begin to wonder what mysteries await you next. Where is this celestial voice coming from? And why are you here in the first place? These questions can only be answered walking down the path that calls you…


Key Features:

  • Gravity-shifting platforming and exploration
  • Navigation based puzzles based on your unique sense of gravity
  • Surreal levels in an atmosphere inspired by artists of the XX-XXI centuries
  • Poetic story line about the discovery of our true nature
  • Dynamic and captivating original soundtrack tailored to each level

Etherborn is in development for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on top of the originally announced PC version.


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