Returnal

Sony Interactive Entertainment
PS5Standard EditionPS5 Pro Enhanced
Average rating 4.39 stars out of 5 stars from 22k ratings
  • PS Plus required for online play
  • Supports up to 2 online players with PS Plus
  • Online play optional
  • 1 player
  • Accessibility features (20)
    Accessibility Features
  • PS5 Version
    Vibration function and trigger effect supported (DualSense wireless controller)
  • PS5 Pro Enhanced
Blood, Mild Language, Violence
Users Interact
  • PS Plus required for online play
  • Supports up to 2 online players with PS Plus
  • Online play optional
  • 1 player
  • Accessibility features (20)
    Accessibility Features
  • PS5 Version
    Vibration function and trigger effect supported (DualSense wireless controller)
  • PS5 Pro Enhanced

Editions:

Standard Edition
  • Returnal™
Digital Deluxe Edition
  • Returnal™
  • Electropylon Driver weapon.¹
  • Hollowseeker weapon.¹
  • One Reflex Stimulant.¹
  • One Adrenaline Booster.¹
  • One Pulsating Mass artefact.¹
  • PSN avatars for PS5™.
  • Digital soundtrack.

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ormanbeyler
Rated 24/2/2026
Standard Edition
way too difficult

I really wanted to like Returnal. It looks amazing, but it’s waaaay too difficult. I’ve put hours into it and still couldn’t even make it to the first boss. Every time you die, you’re basically sent back to square one, which starts feeling more exhausting than motivating. it just felt frustrating instead of fun.

Dying_Houseplant
Rated 20/2/2026
Standard Edition
Easy 10/10

Incredible game. Difficult, rewarding and beautiful. The music, visuals are just outstanding. So rewarding when you finally beat the boss after an hour run. The Hyperion fight with the music is an experience I won't forget.

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Accessibility Features

BREAK THE CYCLE

After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Again and again she’s defeated, forced to restart her journey every time she dies.

In this roguelike shooter, both the planet and your equipment change with every cycle, forcing you to adapt your play style and take on evolving challenges.

Choose to go solo through the shifting labyrinth of Atropos, or share your entire journey with another player in online Co-op Mode.¹ Then, when you’re ready, take on the Tower of Sisyphus – an ascending gauntlet of increasingly dangerous phases focused on putting your combat skills to the test.²

Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes.
Scavenge alien tech for upgrades to your abilities.
Forge a personal connection with the planet and piece together Selene’s story.

PS5™ IN-GAME FEATURES:
- Fast loading: near-instant loading speeds of the PS5 console get you rapidly back into the action.
- Tempest 3D AudioTech: hear multidirectional 3D Audio – bullets flying past you, enemies circling overhead, or unseen foes creeping up behind you.
- Adaptive triggers: switch between firing modes with a single adaptive trigger – go from aiming down sights to your gun’s alternative fire.
- Haptic feedback: sense in-game actions – while exploring fragments of Selene’s memories, or when firing visceral alien weapons.

Platform:
PS5
Release:
30/4/2021
Publisher:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres:
Shooter
Voice:
English, French (France), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)
Screen Languages:
English, French (France), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)
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