Ludography
67/100
Players31 ratings
74/100
Critics6 reviews
More scores
Metacritic7 critic reviews
68/100
Metacritic usersuser score
71/100
GameFAQsJust Right
3.69/5
Player reviews
95% positive913 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$7.99

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2019 · Adventure · Horror

Gylt

Enter the new creation from Tequila Works, a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions. Set in a creepy and melancholic world, GYLT is an eerie story mixing fantasy and reality in a surrealist place where your nightmares become reality. Hide from terrible creatures or confront them as you find your way through the challenges of this wicked world.

Released
19 November 2019
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5StadiaWindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
Genres
AdventureHorrorPuzzleRole-playing
Developers
—
Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionHorror
Country
Spain
Age ratings
GRAC ALLCLASS_IND 12ESRB TUSK 12ACB MPEGI 12
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian and 2 more
Time to beat
6hmain story8hcompletionist

About

Gylt is a survival horror video game developed and published by Tequila Works. It was released on November 19, 2019 for Google Stadia. It was notable for being one of the few Stadia-exclusive titles, causing it to be temporarily unavailable for sale upon that platform's shutdown in 2023. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on July 6, 2023.

A port for Nintendo Switch was released on March 14, 2024. Gylt received mixed reviews from critics, who called it enjoyable and praised the graphics, but said that it lacked excitement.

›Story

In the fictional mining town of Bethelwood, Maine, a young girl named Sally Kauffman searches for her missing cousin Emily, papering the streets with posters in the hope of finding her. After a run-in with school bullies leaves her stranded, Sally boards a cable car and is pulled into a nightmarish parallel world crawling with monsters that echo her own fears. Armed with little more than a flashlight, she must sneak and survive through this dark reflection of her town, guided by a mysterious old man named Charon, as she tries to rescue Emily and confront the painful truths of their past.

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Gameplay

The gameplay revolves around sneaking past enemies while trying to escape the nightmare. Sally uses a flashlight as a weapon, although she later acquires a fire extinguisher as well. The game includes light elements of puzzles and combat.

Story

The game's main character is Sally Kauffman, a young girl who is trying to find her missing cousin, Emily, within the fictional mining town Bethelwood in the middle of Maine. She has been hanging posters of Emily around town. After school bullies cause her to crash her bike, she boards a cable car and enters a nightmare world full of monsters with dark parallels to her bullying. She finds Emily inside of their school Bachman, along with a mysterious old man named Charon who urges her to help Emily.

Once Sally finds Emily, she expresses hatred towards Sally for not helping her in the past when she was bullied before being captured by a giant monster and taken to the mine. With Charon's help, Sally rescues Emily, who reconciles with her. As they return to the cable car station, pursued by a horde of monsters, Charon reveals that they each need a ticket in order to leave the nightmare world and they only have one, with not much time before the nightmare world apparently collapses and disappears.

Reception

The game received an aggregate score of 68/100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Chris Carter of Destructoid rated the game 7/10 points, calling it short, but mostly engaging. He called the story a "slow burn", while comparing the stealth mechanic to Metal Gear Solid, and remarked that using the flashlight as a weapon was a "cool" way to avoid using guns. Chris Shive of Hardcore Gamer rated the game 3/5 points, calling it an "enjoyable" game with a "Silent Hill vibe", but not a killer app. He praised the "cartoonish" character designs and "unnerving" soundtrack.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Stadia19 November 2019Worldwide
Windows6 July 2023Worldwide
PlayStation 46 July 2023Worldwide
PlayStation 56 July 2023Worldwide
Xbox One6 July 2023Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S6 July 2023Worldwide
Nintendo Switch14 March 2024Worldwide

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