Don’t Nod Studio, the creator of Life is Strange, released the sci‑fi drama Aphelion, but the launch collapsed. Metacritic currently shows 65/100. Critics were blunt: the effort to graft an intimate story about two astronauts onto Uncharted-style action felt clumsy — e.g., parkour glitches. Stealth loops repeatedly. Characters rarely win sympathy. It's a little sad to watch a team known for stronger narrative work stumble like this. A few voices praised the visuals or the sense of isolation, yet GamesRadar+ dismissed the controls and the whole package as a disgrace for the studio. Players didn’t rally either: peak Steam concurrent was only 219, and the user score sits around 65%.
