Current version:PlayStation 5
Batora: Lost Haven

Batora: Lost Haven

Batora: Lost Haven is a PlayStation 5 shooter game developed by Stormind Games. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.

AI score · out of 10
7.1 / 10
View review
My list

Reading your list from this browser…

About this game

Batora: Lost Haven is a PlayStation 5 shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

Recommended games

Related game recommendations on this platform

PlayStation 5

AI review

AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:

7.1 / 10PlayStation 5

Dual forms create decisions that awkward aiming partly undermines.

Batora builds its action around switching between physical Sun attacks and ranged Moon abilities. Mixed enemies make that distinction meaningful, while runes and the Conqueror or Defender paths give players some influence over both combat and the journey. Avril and Mila's relationship helps the colourful alien environments feel like part of an adventure rather than disconnected arenas. The limitation is execution: the documented PS5 controls can feel sluggish, and aiming or locking onto enemies becomes frustrating when an encounter also asks you to protect somebody. Its dual-form concept remains engaging, but the interface does not always keep pace with the decisions it demands. This is an appealing story-led action game for players tolerant of those launch-era control compromises.

Strengths

  • Dual forms create decisions that awkward aiming partly undermines.
  • Colour and companionship give the adventure a welcoming identity.

Weaknesses

  • Lock-on and aiming friction

Who it is for: Players interested in dual-form combat and branching stories

Play notes: Control findings are scoped to the November 2022 PS5 observation.

View scoring basis
DimensionReview stateScoreWeight
Dimension

Branching choices add value beyond the combat loop.

Reviewed7.3 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Dual forms create decisions that awkward aiming partly undermines.

Reviewed7.1 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Colour and companionship give the adventure a welcoming identity.

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided
Dimension

Controller friction is especially costly during protection encounters.

Reviewed6.2 / 10Not provided

Review sources

Not provided

Core information

Publisher
Team17
Release date
Oct 20, 2022
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
Not provided
Offline minimum players
Not provided
Offline maximum players
Not provided
Online minimum players
Not provided
Online maximum players
Not provided
Tags
Player versus EnvironmentLinear LevelsMain Story Under 10 HoursFast-pacedThird PersonShooting3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyDodgeReplayable
Supported game languages
Not provided
Requires base game
Not provided
Standalone
Not provided
Age ratings
Not provided
Play modes
Single player
Perspectives
Top-downThird person

Release editions

Sources

Not provided