Stela (video game)

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Stela
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Developer(s) SkyBox Labs
Publisher(s) SkyBox Labs
Director(s) Shyang Kong
Producer(s)
  • Derek MacNeil
  • Steven Silvester
Designer(s)
  • Joel Stack
Programmer(s)
  • Christopher Tan
  • Ghafur Remtulla
Artist(s)
  • Bobby Ranvir Bath
  • David Ahn
  • John Yip
Composer(s) Gordon McGladdery
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Release
  • iOS, Xbox One
  • 17 October 2019
  • Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
  • 13 March 2020
Genre(s) Adventure, puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player

Stela is a puzzle adventure-platform video game developed and published by SkyBox Labs. It was released on 17 October 2019 for iOS through Apple Arcade and Xbox One and for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on 13 March 2020. [1] The game was delisted from Steam [2] on 20 January 2023.

Contents

Plot and gameplay

Stela revolves around a young woman that is witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world. [3] [4]

The environment can be manipulated in order to solve puzzles or go past dangerous creatures. [5]

Reception

Stela received a mixed rating of 71 on Metacritic for Xbox One, [7] a 5 rating on Gamereactor , [18] and 4.5 rating on TouchArcade . [17] [19]

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