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69/100
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90/100
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83/100
Metacritic usersuser score
72/100
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92% positive980 reviews
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Price
US$14.99

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2020 · Remake · Jan-Willem Nijman en Kitty Calis · Action · Action-adventure

Disc Room

Timed Nintendo exclusiveRemake

Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.

Released
22 October 2020
Platforms
LinuxNintendo SwitchWindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
Genres
ActionAction-adventureAdventureArcadeIndiePuzzle
Developers
Jan-Willem Nijman en Kitty CalisKitty CalisJan Willem NijmanTerri VellmannDoseone
Publishers
Devolver DigitalDeltoplastis commatopa
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionScience fictionSurvival
Country
Netherlands
Age ratings
ESRB TUSK 12CERO CACB MGRAC 15+PEGI 16
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
3hmain story9hcompletionist

About

Disc Room is a 2020 action puzzle video game developed by Terri, Dose, Kitty, and JW and published by Devolver Digital. It was originally released for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch and Windows, with ports for Amazon Luna and Xbox One releasing later. In the game, the player navigates a series of labyrinthine rooms while avoiding bullet hell-style projectiles. The game received positive reviews from critics for its design and gameplay.

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In Disc Room, the player navigates a series of labyrinthine rooms while avoiding bullet hell-style projectiles. Each room has its own patterns but is not predictable between rooms. Aside from surviving a set period of time, objectives of these rooms also include solving various puzzles with projectiles, dying from different types of projectiles and unlocking more rooms. The player can customize themselves with various abilities such as a clone of the player character to shield against mortal damage as well as slowing time to their favor, while collectibles are available in levels.

Development

The game is a collaboration between Doseone (Adam Drucker), Terri Vellmann, Kitty Calis and Vlambeer co-founder Jan Willem Nijman; the latter two had previously developed Minit with two other independent developers in a similar collaboration. It was announced in February 2020 and released on October 22, 2020, for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows, for Amazon Luna in December 2021, and for Xbox One on June 7, 2022.

Reception

Disc Room received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 82% of critics.

Awards

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Linux22 October 2020Worldwide
Windows22 October 2020Worldwide
Nintendo Switch22 October 2020Worldwide · Europe 29 October 2020
macOS22 October 2020Worldwide
Xbox One7 June 2022Worldwide

Editions and related releases

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Disc Room
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