Nefarious

January 23, 2017 StarBlade Digerati Distribution
Platform Adventure Indie
PS4 Linux PC Mac XONE Switch
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Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
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Release Date January 23, 2017
Developer StarBlade
Publisher Digerati Distribution
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Science fiction, Comedy
Nefarious

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