Europa is an upcoming cozy indie game with Ghibli-inspired aesthetics that focuses on exploration and puzzle solving. Developer Helder Pinto and publisher Future Friends Games have announced the game's release date and shared a new trailer for the occasion:

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On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive.

Europa is a peaceful game of adventure, exploration and meditation. As you travel you’ll gradually upgrade the capabilities of your Zephyr jetpack, boosting yourself further through the air until you can flow freely into the sky.

Features of Europa include:

• A breathtaking world of lakes, meadows and mountains to explore, scattered within the remains of a fallen civilisation
• Free-flowing movement that empowers you to glide serenely from boost to boost, building power and momentum over time
• Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and navigate hidden dangers in the ruins
• An intimate story about growing up and humanity’s relationship with nature

Europa is set to launch on Steam and Nintendo Switch this October 11th.

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[Marc_LFD]

Whoa, kind of looks drawn in Toriyama art style mixed in with Ghibli. Pretty cool.

Steam and the Switch? It's a shame it won't be on PlayStation and Xbox, too.

 

[DragonMals]

I guess Ghibli styled games officially goes on my "Modern games that derive it's mechanics from other sources." I remember a time when that wasn't the norm for indie games, but it now feels like everyone is trying to reinvent Super Mario 64 and such.

 

[SDA]

Excuse me, but... WHAT THE IN THE ACTUAL HELL?!

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Europa, huh...eh, not interested. I would like to see an Australiana, though.

Excuse me, but... WHAT THE IN THE ACTUAL HELL?!

I'm just curious, but...ROMhacking's dead now, just an archive. Do you still hate that gravestone?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Never heard of this game, it looks amazing. Consider me hyped.

 

[SDA]

I'm just curious, but...ROMhacking's dead now, just an archive. Do you still hate that gravestone?

I will delete this signature only when that website will die completely. As of now, you can still go there and download patches, so it's not technically dead.

 

[ombus]

if it looks like that on switch pokemon has another reason it shouldnt look like it does...

 

[JustABadger]

"Cozy" lmao

 

[NitroRevolutionNX]

Looks like a fun game. I'll add it to my pile of "games i play after i beat the games on my priority list"

 

[eternal]

Whats up with that Gaara (from Naruto) looking jar on that kids back?
Regardless this looks to be up my alley, should be more relaxing then that immortals fenyx rising game.

 

[MysticStarlight]

Looks good. I might give it a try

 

[Dud]

Just recently watched a YouTube video about how some guy thinks the general demographic for video games are the manliness of men in their 30s who want hardcore, edgy shooters and here we are getting hyped for another cozy title to chill out with. Life is good. Hope it does well in sales.

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Just recently watched a YouTube video about how some guy thinks the general demographic for video games are the manliness of men in their 30s who want hardcore, edgy shooters and here we are getting hyped for another cozy title to chill out with. Life is good. Hope it does well in sales.

...There's one part of that disaster of an opinion that's actually true - the general demographic of video games is, indeed, male. At least that tiny part's accurate, even if the rest is woefully wrong.

 

[eyeliner]

It looks beautiful. The beginning of the story reminded me of Pinocchio, but them came the usual doom and gloom as these games usually do.

Quite interesting.

 

[Veho]

Saying this game has strong "Breath of the Kingdom" vibes is an understatement. This game has Zelda "magnitude 8 earthquakes".

 

[Skelletonike]

Always nice to see games from fellow Portuguese.

The game does look pretty nice, I'll probably get it for the Switch eventually.