Snag One Of The Best Rogue-Likes On PS5 For Cheap

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PlayStation's Back to School sale includes Returnal for only $29.

By Eddie Makuch and Steven Petite on

Housemarque's excellent rogue-like shooter Returnal is on sale for $29 at Amazon and Walmart. This price matches the lowest ever, so it's definitely worth grabbing if you've held off for a great deal. Returnal is one of the games up for grabs in PlayStation's Back to School, a promotion that also includes the PS5 for $50 off and DualSense controllers for $49 each.

Returnal was one of GameSpot's favorite games of 2021. Our 9/10 Returnal review praised the game's mysterious story and scary cutscenes, along with its innovative (at the time) use of DualSense haptics and 3D sound. «Do you need to be a little brave to play Returnal? Yeah. Do you need to be glutton for punishment? It helps. They say that anything worth doing should scare you at least a little bit. I'm not sure if that's always true, but Returnal makes a strong case,» critic Mike Epstein wrote.

In 2022, Housemarque released a major update dubbed Ascension. It added co-op and a new Sisyphean endless mode to the rogue-like third-person shooter. It also added a solo-only mode called Tower of Sisyphus, along with a series of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

Following Returnal's release, Sony acquired developer Housemarque. The Finnish studio is now making a new IP that has yet to be announced.

We've rounded up the best PS5 deals in PlayStation's Back to School sale below.

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