Videoverse, a love letter to video games, explores friendship, community, and the early internet. It first launched for PC in August 2023, but I didn’t discover it until 2024’s Access-Ability Showcase. After over two years as a PC exclusive, Videoverse will be launching for all major consoles in mid-November. The emotionally resonant narrative adventure game explores the bonds between identity, connectivity, and technology.
“Videoverse is my love letter to video games,” says creator Lucy Blundell in a press release. “It’s a coming-of-age story interwoven with the death of a video game console, and explores how capitalism and time march on but leave people and their personal relationships behind. It’s a game for anyone who’s grown up loving video games!”
Videoverse is set in an alternative 2003 where the Kinmoku Shark gaming system and its online platform, Videoverse, were peaking. Play as Emmett, a young gamer, as he throws himself into online communities, explores the fandom for Shark’s most popular RPG, and discovers corporate conspiracies surrounding the Kinmoku Shark itself. The game is inspired by early internet platforms, including MSN Messenger and MySpace.
Whatever happens during your journey, it will be the result of your decisions involving new connections, sharing fan art, and exploring a vibrant social gaming network. Will you report trolls, post supportive messages for those in times of need, or choose chaos and become like the trolls you loathe?
Videoverse’s console ports include all post-PC launch additions, such as an enhanced interface and art gallery. New enhancements include full Japanese localization.
Developed by Kinmoku and published by Ratalaika Games, Videoverse will be released for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, and Xbox One on November 14. It is currently available for PC via Steam/itchi.io.
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