Outbuddies Hits PC Next Week, Console Launch In Early 2020

Fans who have been looking for just the right metroidvania fix this coming Fall are in luck as publisher Headup Games have announced that aquatic platformer Outbuddies will be hitting PC as soon as next week. During this year’s PAX West in Seattle, I got some hands-on time with the approaching 2D title and got to sample some of genre changing features that lead developer Julian Laufer have implemented into Outbuddies.

Following the journey of archaeologist Nikolai Bernstein, the scientist is stranded 36,000 feet at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and discovers the ruins of Belham, an ancient city created by the gods before the time of man. While on this abrupt expedition, Bernstein is bound to a Buddy-unit who accompanies our protagonist on this journey.

Bernstein’s metallic companion introduces the game’s local co-op as players can venture on this new experience under the oceans surface. Pairing together to solve puzzles, explore the deep blue’s tightest cervices, and battle monumental bosses, Outbuddies only adds another layer to the already in-depth genre of metroidvania platformers. And if you decide to play alone, that’s not a problem as you can switch between the two at anytime during the game.

For my full coverage on Outbuddies, you can read my feature for the game by going here.

Outbuddies will be available on Steam on October 15, 2019 while Xbox, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch is expected to receive a console version sometime in early 2020.