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Star Overdrive

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When Star Overdrive comes to Nintendo Switch next month, it’ll be accompanied by a physical release. Retailers have put up listings that confirm a boxed version.

Those that pick up the game at retail will receive a few digital bonuses. It packs in the soundtrack, manga, and other unspecified extras.

Star Overdrive demo

Starting today, Star Overdrive fans can try out a demo early with a demo that just arrived on Nintendo Switch. It’s accessible via the official Nintendo eShop page.

There’s a good chunk of gameplay here as the team says players can access the first hour or so of content. This includes a glimpse of the story plus a taste of the game’s puzzles, combat, and ability to free-ride on their hoverboard in the tutorial zone of a vast alien world.

Publisher Dear Villagers and developer Caracal Games have provided the release date for Star Overdrive. The game launches on April 10, 2025.

You may remember Star Overdrive from its Nintendo Direct reveal in August. The open-world action adventure game will debut as a Nintendo Switch exclusive.

Today, publisher Dear Villagers and Caracal Games unveiled Star Overdrive for Switch. The game will be out in early 2025.

Star Overdrive is an open-world action adventure game that pays homage to the unique emergent gameplay and freedom of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, while infusing it with their own gameplay mechanics like hoverboard riding and original physics-based powers.

Lots of additional details are included in the following overview:


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