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2014 · Renegade Kid · Adventure · Indie

Xeodrifter

Timed Nintendo exclusive

Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure.

Released: 11 December 2014
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Windows
Genres: Adventure Indie Metroidvania Platformer
Developers: Renegade Kid
Publishers: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3 CERO B
Languages: English
Time to beat: 1hmain story4hwith extras5hcompletionist

About

Xeodrifter is a 2014 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Renegade Kid for the Nintendo 3DS and Microsoft Windows. A Wii U port of the game was released 2015, and after Gambitious Digital Entertainment acquired the rights to the Microsoft Windows version of the game, it was also released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2015. A Nintendo Switch version was released in February 2018 after Watsham's company Atooi acquired the rights to the game after Renegade Kid's dissolution.

›Story

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

A scan of the neighboring planets revealed a number of energy signatures, which may provide the special material needed to replace the damaged warp core and get back to cruising through the cosmos. However, what began as a routine away-mission to fix his engine quickly spirals into a dangerous game of search, shoot, and survive.

Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure.

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Gameplay

Xeodrifter is a Metroidvania video game, where the player controls an astronaut whose spaceship is damaged by an asteroid, and must visit four nearby planets in order to repair it. The game allows the player to explore the planets, each representing a different environment. The planets can be visited in any order, but exploration depends on power-ups to gain access to new areas. The game draws inspiration from the Metroid series, and borrows elements from another Renegade Kid game, Mutant Mudds.

Reception

Xeodrifter has been generally well received upon release, with critics praising its gameplay and mechanics, but criticizing its repetitive bosses and short length. The Nintendo 3DS version of the game holds an aggregated Metacritic score of 73/100 based on 17 critic reviews.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Windows	11 December 2014	Worldwide
Nintendo 3DS	11 December 2014	North America · Worldwide 11 December 2014 · Europe 18 June 2015
Wii U	30 July 2015	North America
PlayStation Vita	1 September 2015	North America
PlayStation 4	1 September 2015	North America
Nintendo Switch	15 February 2018	North America