- The latest retro-style title from Crescent Moon Games is the Zelda-like Solar Knight.
- Targeting iOS in October, you can pre-register for it now with a 33% discount.
- No word yet on an Android release, but here’s hoping!
Crescent Moon Games, the studio behind the upcoming mind-bending puzzler Screenbound, has announced a new mobile project in the form of Solar Knight. Taking on a classic Zelda-like genre veil that’s surprisingly tight, at least nowadays, you’ll solve puzzles, crush enemies and explore top-down worlds inspired by the best classic retro games. will do
Playing as Luka, a resident of Ryoka Village, you must save a fantasy land cursed by the moon. The top-down graphics, retro-style gameplay and presentation are all meant to emulate and evoke the spirit of old Game Boy titles that readers of a certain age or retro gaming enthusiasts would have enjoyed. Crescent Moon Games itself It has made it its business to develop titles that follow this vein for both console and mobile.
Set to hit storefronts in the distant month of October, we don’t have an Android release yet but all players might get a chance to try out Solar Knight soon.
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Thanks to the retro vibes of the game, Solar Knight was definitely received positively in the pocket gamer towers. We still have a lot of staff who can remember playing the title that it’s emulating first hand. However, while to younger players and readers this may seem a bit basic compared to what we think of retro games, Stardew Valley certainly isn’t.
But for a first mobile game, Solar Knight has a definite retro charm we think all players will find interesting, and when it hits iOS in October you’ll have a chance to find out if you can get it for yourself. What do you think about
Want to know what else we have in store this year? Then why not take a look at our definitive list of the best mobile games of 2024 (so far)?