CrossCode 2018

Released: September 20, 2018
Genres: Shooter · Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · Linux · PC · PlayStation 5 · Mac · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developer: Radical Fish Games
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: GOG GMG Steam itch.io Nintendo PlayStation Xbox
Physical: ININ Games Search on Amazon

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Radical Fish Games' 2018 two dimensional top down action role playing game, released for Linux, macOS and Windows. Lea, a silent protagonist, plays a fictional online role playing game called CrossWorlds. One mechanic runs through all of it: launching balls. In real time combat it sits beside melee strikes, dodging and blocking, with elemental modes. In puzzles the same launches solve problems, often with ordering or time limits, in large dungeons crammed with them, and the difficulty of combat and of puzzles can be adjusted separately. Around the dungeons are a skill tree laid out as a circuit board, trading, side quests and an overworld that hides treasure. Fights and puzzles built from the same launch still give its dungeons two kinds of challenge today.