Developer Polygon Treehouse’s acclaimed “dark and contemporary fairytale” Röki is coming to Switch this Thursday, 15th October.
Röki follows the adventures of protagonist Tove as she embarks on a quest, which takes her across a beautifully stylised rendition of the Scandinavian wilderness, to save her family.
In more practical terms, that manifests as a point-and-click-ish blend of narrative-driven exploration and puzzling, featuring a bit of curio collecting and map drawing for good measure, as Tove traverses her chilly homeland encountering long-forgotten monsters.
Röki – Release Date Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch Watch on YouTube
“It’s about family,” explained Eurogamer’s Christian Donlan in his Recommended review of the PC version earlier this year, “still woozy from a devastating loss that none of them can properly face, and it’s about the surrounding landscape, which is sparkling with ice and frost and rich with strange beings and dark histories.”