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MIO: Memories in Orbit Launches Jan. 20 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch

Early reviews highlight painterly art, demanding bosses, flexible accessibility.

Screens of a game made from hand-drawn watercolour art
It took an age to navigate insta-death vine coated passages to get here, but the journey was worthwhile.
MIO: Memories in Orbit Key Art | image credit: Focus Entertainment
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Overview

  • The cross-platform release goes live Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT/4 p.m. UTC with a single edition, simultaneous timing, and no early regional workaround.
  • Platforms include Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows PC, published by Focus Entertainment and developed by Douze Dixièmes.
  • One outlet reports Day One availability on Xbox Game Pass, a detail not yet universally confirmed across reviews.
  • Coverage describes a classic 2D Metroidvania built around exploration, ability-gated progression, and modifiers with currency (Nacre), plus traversal and combat built on Mio’s hair-like tendrils, hover, grapple, and wall-climb.
  • Reviewers praise the hand-drawn aesthetic, evocative soundtrack, and thoughtful world design, noting tough boss encounters balanced by options that weaken bosses over repeated defeats or reduce enemy aggression.