

Shoulders of Giants 2023
Developed by Moving Pieces
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Action, Science fiction
Shoulders of Giants is an explosively colourful roguelike where players simultaneously control a mysterious mech and the gunslinging amphibian riding on its back. Work alone, with a friend, or as one member of a four-person online co-op team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy! Shoulders of Giants is an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test. Players simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog, working alone, with a friend, or as one of a team of four. The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must mow down waves of enemies and restore light and life to the galaxy!
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Plot-driven, epic, unpretentious and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Developer
- Moving Pieces
- Publisher
- Moving Pieces
- Released
- January 26, 2023
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
IGDB rating 8.2/10 from 2 ratings.
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