Constance is a Metroidvania with puzzle and jump’n’run elements. The focus is on exploration, combat, and riddles.

In Constance, you can transform into paint to dive into the ground and walls, slice through the air and enemies, and utilize an array of unique brush techniques to experience a constant state of flow. Become stronger by unlocking new brush techniques, defeating threatening foes, overcoming platforming challenges, and solving complex puzzles to advance your progress as you uncover Constance’s past!

Constance’s story is about the name-giving protagonist Constance, who one day mysteriously finds herself imprisoned by her inner demons in her subconscious. Players and help Constance face these demons and fears, overcome her mental blocks and strengthen her acceptance and awareness, unlock her creativity, so that she can develop the strength and balance to leave her inner prison behind.

Explore 6 unique biomes in Constance’s inner-world, with each region featuring its unique set of enemies and characters representing different aspects of her psyche and personal history. Uncover countless secrets, multiple paths, deadly boss battles, characters, side quests and collectibles in this nonlinear interconnected inner-world.

Constance’s visual style is defined by detailed hand-drawn environments and frame-by-frame animations of the characters that lend the game world a deep and lively atmosphere.

Blue Backpack are excited to announce that Constance will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 1st, the same day it hits Nintendo Switch.

Constance was hailed as among the best in the genre and won comparisons to the likes of Hollow Knight and Celeste when it hit PC in December 2025. Console fans now get to experience the metroidvania exploration, flow-state platforming and engaging combat for themselves on May 1st.

Key Features:

• Become Paint: Utilize paint-based mechanics to experience a constant state of flow—dive into the ground and walls, slice through the air and enemies!
• Wield Your Brush: Become stronger by unlocking new techniques with your brush that aid you in defeating threatening foes, overcoming platform challenges, solving complex puzzles, and advancing your progress.
• Discover Yourself: Explore Constance's non-linear interconnected world and discover countless secrets, abilities, upgrades, characters, side quests, and inspiring moments.
• Strive for Balance: Using your brush techniques will corrupt your Paint. If you become fully corrupted, negative effects await you, so be wary!
• Get Inspired: Use inspirations that you find on your travels to sketch in your journal. Your sketches enhance and customize Constance's capabilities. By gathering materials, you can upgrade your sketches into even stronger artworks.
• Choice in Death: Upon death, choose how to continue your journey. Do you want to persevere through the challenge, at a price? Or do you return to a safe point and explore other unbeaten paths?
• Rich Imagined World: The inner world is strongly connected to Constance's mental health journey, with each colorful biome and its unique set of enemies and characters representing different aspects of her psyche and personal history.
• Interactive Backstory: Experience playable flashbacks about personal struggle, creativity, work-life-balance, and inner purpose. Step into Constance's socks to uncover her past!

Currently available for PC (Steam), Constance is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on on May 1, 2026.