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As android MIO, explore a decaying space ark, chain aerial moves through platforming challenges, and uncover its lost past.
Released 20 Jan 2026
Explore a Dying Ark
Bounce Off Enemies
Grapple Across Ruins
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Developed by Douze Dixièmes · Published by Focus Entertainment
You play as MIO, an android who wakes aboard the Vessel, a vast ark in disrepair. Explore its overgrown corridors, encounter its remaining robots, and investigate why the ship’s AI caretakers have stopped functioning.
Traverse connected areas by jumping, attacking in midair, grappling, gliding, and clinging to walls. Fight rogue machines and guardian bosses while searching for hidden routes and places that new abilities can open.
Collect components and other resources to improve MIO and equip ability modifiers to shape your approach. You can also help damaged robots for bonuses; healing is limited to specific stations or certain equipped modifiers, and MIO’s maximum health can decrease at key points.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its distinctive painted visuals, atmospheric soundtrack, and intricate ship to explore. Reviews also highlight the aerial movement and platforming, especially chaining abilities to reach hidden paths, as well as the variety of boss encounters and the story discovered through exploration. Some players find these challenges rewarding, while others say the demanding platforming and repeated travel after failure make progress frustrating.
A mesmerizing, intertwined, decaying world awaits.
You are MIO, a nimble robot with extraordinary abilities. You wake up in the Vessel, a space ship drifting aimlessly in space.This enormous technological ark, whose initial purpose remains unknown, lies now as a field of ruins, overgrown with lush vegetation and machines gone rogue.
Nobody knows why the Pearls, The Vessel's AI caretakers, have ceased functioning. Forgotten by all, the Vessel faces imminent shutdown. Dive into its depths to revive its lost memories, as you unravel your true past and destiny.
Delve into this mesmerizing metroidvania, as you guide MIO through the vast expanse of the Vessel. You won’t be alone on your journey. Repair damaged robots and help them to unveil the Ark's past and gain valuable bonuses. Interact with the environment to learn more about its past and memories. Unravel the dark secrets behind its tragic blackout. And let your curiosity guide you as you discover its many secret pathways.
Experience a magnificent world of breathtaking scenery and innumerable details. Inspired by comics, paintings, and anime, its universe is full of wonder and artistic curiosities. Let its unique and dynamic soundtrack, blending lo-fi beats and choral melodies, carry you through this captivating universe.
As a gigantic labyrinth, the Vessel is a true living organism, with its own ecosystems, bestiaries and architectures. Earn game-changer abilities, like grappling hook, air gliding or spider-like wall clinging, to help MIO progress through this twisted and interconnected space. Master precision, rhythm, and timing to find the perfect flow!
Face off a diverse array of over 30 enemy units and 15 formidable guardian bosses. From the relentless Mosquito to the menacing Scarecrow, confront a variety of deadly adversaries each with their own distinct fighting styles and movement patterns. Use your arsenal of powers to adapt to every encounter. Evade foes using your Hook, unleash orbs as powerful projectiles, and even create decoy clones to strike from unexpected angles.
Enhance and customize MIO abilities by scavenging enemy components. Spice up your fighting skills with many Modifiers and transform MIO into a formidable force tailored to your playstyle. Would you make your grappling Hook a deadly lasso or an evade move? Sacrifice your Shield to boost your damage? It’s always your choice!
Will you rise to the challenge and save the Vessel from oblivion? Will you dare to seek and wake its memories?
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 40 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Metacritic | 83/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
