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Returnal™
Developer Housemarque, Climax Studios
Returnal is a 2021 third-person shooter game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. A port to Windows developed by Climax Studios was released on 15 February 2023. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and finds herself trapped in a time loop. The gameplay combines bullet hell,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
290 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon, Bluesky) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
183 positive · 75 negative
95% range 65–76%
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| Steam reviews | 183 | 75 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
32 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
9,023 of 11,156 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 290 · most liked firstGame is okay, but installing Epic Online Services without my permission is something else. It also asks me to register my PC on PlayStation's website, but it says 'This service isn't available in your country or region'. Thanks, I guess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool bullet hell but jumpscare Epic install and multiple things locked behind online functionality which requires an account makes a big no even at 2/3% off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another playstation port, another poorly optimized piece of junk. Gameplay was fun until I encountered the vram leak issue and suddenly my graphics went to ♥♥♥♥ and would never load again, then my PC started to run hot as hell and scream like a fighter jet. Honestly should have known there was an issue when the benchmark said it was using 100% of my GPU yet my task manager said I wasn't even using 50%. Can Sony not find competent devs to port their games to PC, like wtf is going on over there?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a masterpiece! I played about 5 or 6 hours a year or two ago when I bought the game, and I bounced off of it. I would just get bodied after sinking maybe an hour or two into a run, it was brutal and felt very unfair. So I put it away and went on with my life for a couple of years. A couple of months ago though, I told myself I was going to try again and finish the game. At first it was like I remembered, long runs that ended in some little death when I wasn't expecting it,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not for me. I've had it wishlisted for years, and finally made the purchase. Wish I hadn't. I wanted to like this game, but I am just not having fun with it. The progression is so minimal, and it is not fun enough for me to stay in the loop. I can handle one of those things, but not both. The unlocks don't seem to really help me perform any better. The game never seems to let up. I get that is something people like about it, but I don't. Even after so many hours, the first area still…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The negative reviews about Epic are on such a high horse. That and PS network optional login are for cross-play - not a requirement. You guys are acting like it's GFWL levels when its very unobtrusive. Also you get like 1 cosmetic item for linking - thats it. People basing a whole negative review on 'locked' items are referring to 1 suit skin weow. Great game, people moan about anything
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact you can play this great game on an dirt cheap gaming pc medium to high is nothing short of chef's kiss.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Phenomenal game, comfortable calling it my favourite game of the past decade. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update after 33+ hours and finishing Act 3: Masterpiece rogue like game, so sad they deciced to not release Saros for PC. Everyone into rogue likes should play this masterpiece. I found my Hades alternative: highly addictive, with fantastic gameplay and flow. A recent “Saros” video made me buy it. Now I’m sad that they decided to change the platform exclusivity and we will probably not get Housemarques new game for PC... Anyway: Returnal -> so far a 9.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is truly a masterpiece. I've never played a game that had my pulse go up this much and kept me in my seat like this one. It is brutally punishing and there were a few times I thought I'd never be able to finish this. But it was worth every penny. If you enjoy grinding hard an getting better in a game, this is for you. If you hate loosing and need a story that progresses continously, stay away from it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun game, but the crashes on the PC port make it unplayable. Do not buy!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great Roguelike. I'm going to go out on a limb and say I suck at it though, as it took me roughly 25 hours to beat the first boss. lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has a nasty vram leak/texture streaming bug (apparently introduced in a patch over a year ago) that remains unfixed. Also frametimes are bad and it feels choppy even with high FPS. A shame since clearly some effort went into this port.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Amazing game. I love it. But it's been abandoned by the publisher with a huge PC memory leak so if you want to play for over an hour, you have to quit and restart. And they have no plan to ever fix it. So I guess just go buy one of the countless other amazing games out there
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Nothingness had a feeling." Returnal's sights, crisp and stark, burst with awe-inspiring unholiness of Barlowe's and Beksinski's worlds. On top, I saw no popping textures or anything immersion-breaking. Somehow it ran fine on my average rig, except for trap rooms with too many lasers. Those are made of lag. Regardless, the game looks and sounds classy. And what could be more classy than a story about an astronaut stranded on an uncharted planet entombing an alien civilization? Poor Selene…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fast-paced shooting action, bullet-hell chaos and atmospheric psycho horror during the last 7.2 hours made me the happiest person on earth. Worth every penny. <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was enjoying the game, and then i had a game breaking bug where i can not even launch, i have tried every "fix" possible but this is 2026, it is not my job to get your game to work. the bug is crash after logos, you can not play the game. all the workarounds are random things like -nosound, turn off audio drivers, remove random apps, reinstall game ect ect. when it works its fun but you could play it twice, then come back for a 3rd time and it just does not work, great port......
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a notorious memory leak issue that got introduced since the latest patch and never got fixed ! I had to download the entire game older version by opening the steam console and enter a specific command. This is mainly for higher specs users as playing on a lower resolution and settings dosen’t seem to affect as much.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal ✅ Hard 🔲 Dark Souls ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics dont matter in this game 🔲 Good ✅ Beautiful ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Eargasm ~ STORY ~ 🔲 This game has no story 🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story 🔲 It's there for the people who want it ✅ Well written 🔲 Epic story ~ PRICE ~ 🔲 Free 🔲 Underpriced 🔲 Perfect Price ✅ Could be cheaper 🔲…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m a huge fan of sci‑fi, and this game initially impressed me with its smooth gameplay, atmospheric music, striking world design, and memorable creature designs. Unfortunately, the overall experience is held back by an unforgiving difficulty curve. Challenging games absolutely have their place, but the lack of a more accessible mode significantly limits players like me. A “noob mode” or narrative‑focused difficulty would allow less experienced players (or those primarily interested in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't able to understand what's going on in the story, but I'm having fun by killing aliens . 10/10 Awesome Game .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm just gonna come out and say it this game is pure dopamine stimulation like way, way more then any game I've played before or since. I have played both the Ps5 and the PC versions and there's just no comparison between the P.C version with every setting maxed at more than double the framerate and resolution and image quality tech the PS5 can handle. Just no comparison pariod! IFYNYN. This a roguelike bullethell with particle effects up the wazzu and about a million things going on at once…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game flat out didn't end up functioning correctly for me, but only after playing it for a short period of time. Ended up with some kind of crash in multiplayer, and starting the game back up resulted in it re-loading the exact spot where the crash would begin again. Frustratingly, it's not like the game even actually stops working; it just gets so convinced that it doesn't work that it pops up an error, lets you keep playing like normal for a bit, and then forcibly closes the game for no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Returnal is a true video game. That is the most accurate description I could give of it, because if you stripped away everything else (story, atmosphere, music, sound design) you'd still have a product that knows exactly what it's meant to be. Very few games these days - or rather, their developers - understand the essence of the medium; or if they do understand it, they willfully ignore it. (Which is a far worse sin.) Video games are meant to have, first and foremost, GAMEPLAY. Everything else…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An amazing experience but not for everyone. Best in class sound design, shooting, graphics and overall game feel paired with a brutal gameplay loop that will punish you unfairly in a way I could only compare to something like Void Stranger where you can "lose" hours. It's a very satisfying game. As much as I say ♥♥♥♥ Sony for locking all their games back to being PS exclusive which means I will likely never buy sony titles again as I'm not a console person, I have to say that this is one you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is actually amazing when it isnt suffering from it's known memory leak issue. The devs just dont care to fix it. I'll be running at a consistant 200 fps then randomly it'll spike and the best suggestion online to deal with it is to just restart. I'm playing on a 4070ti and friends of mine that have even more vram still face the same issue just a bit later than me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, game is intense, interesting, with good visuals and sound. But in 20 runs i encountered 2 run-bricking bugs: 1. When i still haven't kill 1st boss: died on 3rd stage of that boss. But after respawned at reconstructor and came back to boss, it just didn't spawn and i had no way to continue the run, wasn't very fun. Reloading run didnt help. 2. When i unlocked 2nd location: after killing 1st boss, it dropped Translocation Sphere. Couldnt use it at lvl 1 (cause already used 1 here). After…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Returnal... after my first death, I thought to myself, what an apt title! But, 15hrs and 150 deaths later? I assure you, Jerome won't be doing a returnal to this game again haha. Suffice to say, the fights were very, very difficult... nonetheless, a unique and inspiring journey—one I can respect, even if it means never getting to see how it truly ends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hands down one of the best video games ever made. for people who just want extremely polished gameplay with a captivating gameplay loop as well as offering legitimate challenge but a completely fair challenge. audio design is perfect, graphics a great with very very crisp lighting that sets atmosphere up for the engaging story that unfolds. you re never overloaded with cutscenes or dialogue, just a steady drip of a wonderfully dark story that is also told through its soundtrack. only downside…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game! Housemarque really outdid themselves. This is the kind of game that makes just one more run at 4am sound perfectly reasonable. It’s brutal and uncompromising, yet somehow still feels fair even when it’s scraping your remains off the floor. Mastering the movement, gunplay and enemy patterns is super addictive. Dash through neon bullet storms, experiment with cool weapons and parasites, and soak in incredible lighting, sound, and atmosphere while the story quietly worms its way…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To get the good stuff out of the way first, the gameplay is fun and a good mix of challenging and rewarding. And if I was only rating this on the merits of the singleplayer mode I would give it a positive review. One thing I would say is that a single run is a bit long but it's generally fun and engaging enough to where I don't mind. But the reason I'm downvoting is because it's a horrible experience in co-op, and the co-op is why I decided to buy this game. You get random game breaking issues…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saros, I will waiting you coming to PC. Now I just gonna play this all day, have fun. Well roguelike game, beautiful graphics with well designed emeny/boss. Good job, like your bullet ballet. Btw, even a RTX2060 with DLSS4.0 Ultra performance at 1440p, medium graphics settings about 80fps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, but beware the devs released their last patch in 2023 which jacked up the whole game for some users. Vram memory leak 2 hours into the game, stutter fest, no mods to fix issues, zero support or accountability from PS studios on resolving this issue. Avoid this game, thankfully got it on a deep discount but even then I wasted $20 bucks for this pile of trash port. Yeah sure you get high fps but frametimes are abysmal and frames constantly drop. Every time I open to play this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be fair, I can totally see why some people love this game. I just find the grind to be a bit tedious and unrewarding. At first, I was captivated, but after seeing the same sequence 25 times, I was just ready for something new.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game. can be frustrating sometimes. Shame there is still bugs on the PC version.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I liked the story and the general gameplay of Returnal, it is a roguelike after all, so it must be judged on roguelike metrics. I find it ironic to see all the reviews warning roguelike newcomers to be wary -- I would argue this game is very much unlike a lot of other roguelikes, in that I think Returnal really lacks the two main draws of the Roguelike genre: build variety and quick runs. Between the short list of weapons in the arsenal, the short list of artifacts, and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is exactly what I thought AAA games of the future would be like when I was a kid. Top notch fluid arcadey gameplay. Amazing atmosphere. So far, I see it as competitive for best game of the decade along with a very small handful of other games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This came today and it’s glorious! Fantastic job Housemarque team. Returnal is still my favorite game of the PS5 generation and the art direction is just one of many reasons why! #Returnal
unlabelledView post →This might be the most boring game I've ever played. Do not buy it. It's supposed to be a roguelike, but it tells no story and doesn't explain why you're there. You're just playing without knowing anything. On top of that, the combat feels weightless and the hit feedback is terrible. Stay away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Score: 9/10 Returnal is one of those games that feels amazing when everything clicks. The movement is super smooth, the shooting is intense, the alien atmosphere is beautiful, and the soundtrack makes the whole experience feel mysterious and stressful in a good way. It really feels like a true next-gen sci-fi roguelike. But yeah, it’s definitely not for everyone. The difficulty can be brutal, dying and repeating runs can get frustrating, and some players complain about bugs or runs feeling a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredibly fun game, hyped for the sequel (Saros) coming out next year
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So frustrating and so satisfying at the same time, Brilliant game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no clue why this games run as bad as it does, but it simply do. Game will randomly run at 140 fps max settings, and drop to 20-30 fps when turning your camera. Enemies fire too many projectiles? WOOO there goes your frames. Too many things move when you focus your camera? RIP, back to double digits frame! It's a shame because the game is conceptually fun, fast paced and exciting. But the performance on my PC is incredibly weird. I can play most modern games without any issues - and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why is this game so hard? I love the grafics and the gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't really like roguelikes all that much, but I was delighted by Returnal's first two acts in spite of that. However, I also felt that the third and final act of the main campaign began to drag on a bit, and by the time I was doing my final runs through the Tower of Sisyphus introduced in the DLC, I was hoping that it would end soon. If you are like me and, despite not being a true roguelike enjoyer, you are always compelled to see every last bit of story that any given game has to offer,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is two years old and still has random frame drops from 140+ to 30 that stay consistently low until a restart on high end systems. No HDR if you are playing in Linux, at least not with AMD GPU and all of the appropriate HDR flags enabled. Random crashes. Really fun game but there are too many good games to waste money on something that doesnt run consistently
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had to sit on this one for a few days to give myself a clear mind and allow a full explanation here. This game is a pure string of dopamine hits, but the story is awful and I’m tired of reading people saying that it’s moving or profound. So what’s the deal? The game has you crash landed on an alien planet where you have to get through three biomes across two acts (so six biomes total) through rooms that are randomized in their placement, the enemies, and the loot within. You collect…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From story to fluid gameplay to solid mechanics to great level design to magical soundtrack, it's end to end masterclass in simple but elegant design. A great roguelike/roguelite should not overstay its welcome and this game is a great example of it. RETURNAL is currently the only roguelike in AAA space and truly eternal because trust me, you will keep returning to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Conclusion, Returnal haunts me in a way that exceeds Alan Wake II’s horror story. It reminds me of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice for the singular performance of an actress in a video game, but with better gameplay and a superior script. It supersedes Remnant From the Ashes, making it seem simple compared to Returnal’s subtlety. It compares favorably to Alien: Isolation, another sci-fi game featuring a solitary female lead strained by a threatening environment. It is not without gameplay and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed my time with Returnal, but there were certainly frustrating moments as well. I think that getting the secret endings was a bit too much work, considering you have to go around collecting items AFTER you've beaten the game once + beat the final boss again, and as well having to play the tower of Sisyphus multiple times (yes i know that that's the point). Overall Returnal made a huge impression on me and i for sure recommend it. To be honest, after beating all 6 bioms i do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Returnal is easily one of the most fun games I have ever played. 3D Bullet Hell is a fairly rare genre, and I would probably have enjoyed playing it however well polished it was, but this game is extremely well made. I barely noticed any bugs, and the ones I did come across were not particularly annoying. The visuals were amazing, the music was amazing, the movement mechanics were smooth, and the guns were awesome. I love the way the game balances permanent progression with the roguelike…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And I thought Dark Souls games were hard. Jesus Christ. It's a great game on the surface. Great graphics, sound, content, gameplay, all that, however I went into it thinking it was a rogue-lite but it's actually a rogue-like. There are no permanent upgrades whatsoever and the only way to progress through the game is to master dodging and master enemy attack timing. That's it. That's your only hope of getting anywhere. Even one sliver of permanent upgrades would have helped a lot instead of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another older game I’m late to, but hey, if I haven’t played it, it’s new to me. 😅 Returnal. 🪐🚀 So, Selene… let’s see if we can’t work out what the heck is going on here 🤔🎮 I already think it's awesome, albeit a little creepy 🫣 #Returnal #PS5 #Gaming #Backlog #PlayStation #NowPlaying
unlabelledView post →My review is around coop gameplay. The game looks nice and controls are responsive. The Metroid feeling around it is pretty nice too. BUT The game is filled with all sorts of bugs, consistently throwing away hour long runs. What sort of bugs will you get you may ask? - Reticle bug: Now you cant see your magazine info, nor when to overload. Amazing. - Locked Store: While in the middle of your run, you might encounter a shop, but it might just bug and you may not be able to access it.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →genuine masterpiece. it's incredibly rare for a big budget AAA game to have a great story, but for one to have a great story, great mechanics, great visuals, and uncompromising difficulty is almost unheard of in this day and age.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work. In less than 30 minutes, I've already had to restart it four times because black screens and loading screens seem to go hand in hand. Gotta love a game that can't even load properly. Thank God I bought this piece of ♥♥♥♥ on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Returnal is one of the strongest roguelikes I’ve played. It takes the usual loop of dying, learning, and improving, and backs it up with AAA polish and genuinely satisfying gameplay. The combat feels great. Movement is fast and responsive, the dash is crucial and well-balanced, and the shooting has real weight to it. The mix of third-person action and bullet-hell style enemy patterns keeps fights intense without feeling unfair. When a run comes together, it’s incredibly rewarding. The concept,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best game I've ever played on PS5 and now on PC. Story is very deep but the game mechanics is fun. Very excited to play Saros soon.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Returnal? More like "not gonna return to it anytime soon". I bought it on PC mainly because judging by the gameplay videos I thought that whoever put that "best played with a controller!" message in the game must be at least as mentally ill as the game's protagonist. I was right. So what's wrong with this game? I am familiar with some of Housemarque's previous work, so I expected a lot of bullshít, mainly in the bullet hell area. This is the only area I was actually pleasantly surprised in.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very very fun and very interesting game. But badly optimized. And a roguelike is the worst game you want to release unoptimized. I have tried loads of was and nothing has worked. I have a beefy computer and I have played this game for alteast 2 years uninstalling ad reinstalling. Nothing has helped. One of the best roguelikes out there but crashes during a boss fight? Not the game for me.
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