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Press release:
Montpellier, France – May 21th, 2024.
The Montpellier-based (France) indie games publisher Plug In Digital and Rome-based (Italy) indie games developer Caracal Games, are today very delighted and excited to announce that their first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure “Downward”, is getting an Enhanced Edition for consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) on June 4th, 2024.

It will also be available to everyone who owns the game on Steam already as a free update! Enjoy the best version of Downward, with improved graphics and new assets… Live or relive a unique experience, as this new version adds new alternative endings.

It initially launched on Steam on 13 Jul, 2017 with good reviews.

“An authentic and pleasant surprise”
8/10 – IGN

“Particularly inspired level design.”
8.2/10 – The Games Machine

“If you like adventures, and you like to live them at breakneck speed”
8.0/10 – Eurogamer
SYNOPSIS

Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
THE LAST JOURNEY BEGINS…

Downward will let you set off on humanity’s final adventure, to seek out an explanation for the apocalypse that changed the Earth as we know it.

Taking advantage of parkour techniques and of the mysterious “anomalies” you will traverse astonishing and dangerous ruins of past civilizations, all to find the legendary artifacts meant to control the deadly calamities that came to this world.

You won’t be alone in this, but what can you do? This world is not for humans anymore…

PARKOUR

Experience challenging first-person parkour action throughout ruins of past, jump, slide, hang… Collect experience to upgrade your character’s stats and powers, and use anomalies to your advantage and use your parkouring skills to face Ancient Guardians waking up, within one goal : end your journey.

EXPLORE & DISCOVER

Nothing is served on a platter freely explore an open-world and enjoy breathtaking landscapes, to reach secret places, collect useful items and hidden treasures. Seek out for an explanation to the anomalies and the reason humankind has been annihilated. The end of the story will depend on what pathing you took, the treasure you collect, and the way you explored this apocalyptic world….

THE COMING

When three stray planets mysteriously begin to orbit the Earth’s atmosphere, it spells death, disaster, and the end of an era. Rising from this fall is beyond the question. The only way forward…

…is Downward.

Developer: Caracal Games Studio

Independent software house born in Rome in 2015. We employ the skills of experienced professionals who have worked in indie, AA and AAA field. Caracal has been recognized as the best Italian Indie studio in 2017, during the IVGA thanks to our first product, Downward. In 2018 we released OkunoKA, an extraordinary platforming hard-core experience for Nintendo Switch. We are currently working on a new, ambitious unannounced project.

Publisher: Plug In Digital

Plug In Digital is one of the world’s largest independent video game distributors and helps studios and publishers distribute their games worldwide on PC, cloud, console & mobile. Plug In Digital also runs two separate publishing labels: Dear Villagers and PID Games. Creating unique single player experiences like the award-winning The Forgotten City, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ScourgeBringer and Gravity Circuit, including the recently released beloved titles like Fabledom, The Land Beneath Us, and also with flexible publishing and co-publishing solutions on all platforms.