Islets

August 24, 2022 Kyle Thompson Armor Games Studios, Top Hat Studios
Platform Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Indie
Series X|S PS4 PC PS5 XONE Switch
About

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Storyline

Iko is an aspiring yet hopeful warrior exploring the land and sky to reunite a series of floating islands. With his rickety airship, he must travel from island to island in order to reignite each one’s magnetic core while fighting off the many adversaries standing in his way.
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Trailer
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Game Info

Release Date August 24, 2022
Developer Kyle Thompson
Publisher Armor Games Studios, Top Hat Studios
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Fantasy