Aeon Must Die! is a galaxy-spanning brawler with a unique anime-inspired art style and a massive story of betrayal, love, and revenge across a broken universe.

A spectacular beat’em-up packed with brutal, over-the-top action and an anime-inspired art like you’ve never seen

You play as the new host for Aeon, the symbiotic and recently overthrown emperor of the universe. After wrestling for control over your body, you and Aeon must go on a violent journey across the stars; you must save the last of your species, while Aeon seeks revenge. It’s a pastiche of classic films like Road Warrior, Yojimbo, with more modern influences like Gurren Lagann. With Aeon and your trusty sentient Bike by your side, you will have to negotiate, battle, and/or betray the four warring factions and their generals.

Travel across the futuristic city of Pantheon to destroy or subdue those who betrayed Aeon, while fighting for your mind, free will, and control of your body.

Aeon’s invincible armor is the only way you will be able to tear a path to your goal. That’s right, the armor is indestructible, meaning you cannot die (at least, not in the traditional sense). You will have to use a mixture of normal and special moves to fight and combo enemies into oblivion. Normal moves heat up Aeon and specials, although devastating, cool him down.

Not much heard of since it's original announcement last year, Focus Home Interactive confirmed that Aeon Must Die! is launching on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC in 2021.

Overheating Aeon gives you free reign to unleash as many special moves as you want without the heat cost, but a single hit spells defeat. Cooling down too much causes Aeon to reach his drained state, where he cannot use special moves, and will be defeated in one blow.

Every defeat you experience leaves you with an important choice: Will you get up and fight again? Or will you die with honor? Standing up to fight once more will chip away at your mental barrier, letting Aeon closer into your heart. He will start manipulating your choices, affecting your decisions and letting the pieces fall where he wants. Choosing to die means restarting your adventure, but keeping all the upgrades and progression you’ve unlocked. Sounds tough? Well, there is a third option… but we won’t reveal that just yet.

Choose who you kill or spare and change the fate of the galaxy

Experience a unique beat’em-up introducing breakneck, risk-reward gameplay, innovative tactical fighting, and an RPG alignment system that tracks how you behave as a warrior. Will you succumb to Aeon’s will and unleash his power, losing yourself in the process? Or will you choose the hard way and remain free, at the cost of your strength?

Aeon Must Die! is coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) in 2021.