Duskfade
Guide Zirian through a clockwork fantasy using jumps, dashes, grappling and gliding. Duskfade combines 3D platforming with combat as he and a mechanical Cuckoo seek to rescue his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.3 / 10
About this game
A mysterious Clock Tower has left the land in eternal night, and Zirian sets out to rescue his sister with a mechanical Cuckoo at his side. Duskfade is a single-player 3D action-platforming adventure: jump, dash, grapple and glide through traversal challenges, while combat forms another part of the journey. Exploration takes you into forests, underwater realms, dunes and cloudy heights. These environments contain secrets to uncover, giving you things to seek alongside the route toward the rescue. Movement and fighting sit within the same adventure, so the central activity is navigating its spaces and meeting the encounters along the way.
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For players who want a solo adventure built around traversal and combat, Duskfade's movement toolkit is the main attraction.
Jumping, dashing, grappling and gliding can appeal to players who enjoy changing how they cross a space rather than relying on one movement action. Distinct realm types and discoverable secrets provide an exploration premise, although these features alone do not establish the quality of the controls or encounters.
Strengths
- The movement action set can offer several kinds of traversal to players who enjoy working through platforming spaces.
- Forests, underwater realms, dunes and heights may interest explorers who prefer changes of setting within one adventure.
Who it is for: Players interested in a solo 3D platforming adventure that combines movement challenges, combat and a clockwork fantasy setting.
Play notes: The adventure is designed for a single player.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Different realm types and secrets can supply exploration goals beyond the rescue premise for players who like looking around as they advance. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension If traversal is your main interest, choosing among jumps, dashes, grappling and gliding can make spatial challenges the focus of the adventure. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The mechanical companion and eternal-night Clock Tower premise may appeal to players who want the setting's clockwork motif tied to the journey. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The listed TV, tabletop and handheld modes may suit players who want to choose their screen setup for this solo adventure. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Weird Beluga
- Publisher
- Fireshine Games
- Release date
- Aug 13, 2026
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- ec.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsThird PersonSolo-friendlyReplayableReal-time CombatStory-drivenEquipment-driven ProgressionExplorationFast-pacedPlatformingMain Story 20–50 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- CLASSIND: PG
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideAug 13, 2026
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com