Future Knight Draws Late Steam Attention With 98% Positive Reviews
The game's late surge is tied to the publisher's own Reddit thread and an indie-focused X post rather than the launch itself, which shows the Game & Watch homage found its audience weeks after release.
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Studio Koba's 2D action game Future Knight launched on August 14 for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. It holds a 98% positive rating from 116 Steam user reviews and 4.8 stars from 20 PlayStation Store reviews. A September 17 Reddit thread from publisher Aeternum Game Studios drew about 3,600 upvotes, and an X post about the game drew about 2,500 likes.
Future Knight shipped on August 14 across PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and reviews were already strong by then. The Reddit thread from publisher Aeternum Game Studios arrived on September 17 and pulled about 3,600 upvotes, while an X account covering indie games drew about 2,500 likes. The game casts the player as a robot sent back to Tokyo in 1993, where a cult leader has erased humanity's memories. Its eight stages each mark one hour before the apocalypse.
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