The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced . The pixel-art game , but will now be released on April 14. That’s just a month, which isn’t that big of a deal considering this game has been .
Why the delay? Developer Sad Cat Studios notes that the game is “technically finished” but the team needs a few more weeks for polish. The company says it wants the day-one release to be “polished, stable and true to the vision” of the original concept. This is something to be commended, in my opinion, .
This is just the . However, previous delays have been for a very good reason. The development team had to relocate from Belarus to Cyprus after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Replaced is an absolutely gorgeous-looking 2.5D platformer set in a dystopian alternative 1980s America. You play as an AI unwillingly trapped in a human body. There looks to be plenty of cinematic action, with a blurb promising a combination of “precise melee strikes with satisfying ranged attacks.”
The game will be available for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and the Microsoft Store. It’ll also be a day-one Xbox Game Pass release.
