The Infernal Return

The Infernal Return

Knifish Games · September 10, 2022 · Exploration, 3D Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Hidden Object, Sandbox

Buy The Infernal Return from Steam at $5.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $1.19
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The Infernal Return price by region

The Infernal Return costs £5.00 in the United Kingdom, €5.20 in Europe (EUR), $5.99 in the United States, $5.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$6.69 in Canada, NZ$7.59 in New Zealand, A$8.50 in Australia, R$12.39 in Brazil and zł21.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Infernal Return offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.00 £5.00 — 1
Europe (EUR) €5.20 €5.20 — 1
United Statesyour region $5.99 $5.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $5.99 $5.99 — 1
Canada CA$6.69 CA$6.69 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.59 NZ$7.59 — 1
Australia A$8.50 A$8.50 — 1
Brazil R$12.39 R$12.39 — 1
Poland zł21.99 zł21.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

About The Infernal Return

Overview
The design of the environment is based on the ancient Chinese underworld myths and legends. Only this time, we broke the stereotypical idea. Presented to the players is a mixture of ancient, modern, fantastic styles.

Story
Koward is a timid guy who doesn't dare reveal his feeling to his girlfriend Mangostina. In order to complete the indicators given by Yama, the King of Hell, the two hell messengers Black and White impermanence abducted Koward with an excuse and brought him to the underworld. Koward's spirit was then imprisoned within Fengdu Ghost City. To escape and resurrect, Koward made a deal with the Styx Lord. While satisfying the price offered by the Styx Lord, Koward investigated the cause of his death, gathered two companions, and finally found the way to resurrect. Meanwhile, he discovered that the abduction seemed to have been a well-planned trick...

Key features
  • Novel interactive system
The protagonist needs to constantly collect wine to fill the 'wine well', which will prevent the devastating moment when the Yama, the King of hell, awakens. In addition, the hero can get stuff from his relatives and friends in the mortal world by dream messaging and the cross-world delivery services. The psychic medium undertaking this operation is borne by the famed Bank of Heaven and Earth.
  • Classic but not exhausting exploration
There are always collectable hidden elements. Still, with your desire for more of them, you will find that you are good at discovering those hidden elements in quirky corners, obtaining the sense of achievement in a professional manner. Pay attention to those luminous, missing and regularly arranged places, where there are little ghosts who like to whine and cry! And do revisit the places you have been to for new discoveries!
  • There is a casino in the underworld! Compete against ghosts with fantastic leisure games
Inflation becomes a top issue for the underworld due to paper money burning behaviour from human beings. To afford the pricy commodities, a good place to earn money is the Oblivion Casino. Of course, it's also a good way to go broke.
  • Special powers only available in the underworld
Summoning a motorcycle, doing the infernal dance, teleporting, telescoping and transforming, etc.

Operating instructions
The game fully supports joystick controllers and keyboard controls.
A joystick enables all direction walk and run while a keyboard only supports 8 directions.
Detailed instructions can be found in game.

The Infernal Return — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 18, 2022
An entertaining and very inventive video game! The Infernal Return is a clever blend of Chinese mythology and modern ("Western") influences. Obviously, the game developer has a talent for cut scenes with a real mastery for conveying emotion and poesy. The gameplay is fun, easy to handle, most players will be familiar with it. What I love in The Infernal Return? Chasing ghost playing hide-and-seek, motorcycling in the Chinese view of Hell, visiting the dreams of my friends and family, being immersed in flashbacks of Tang dynasty China, seeking rewards and quest items in a variety of dungeons. Can't wait to play next Kinfish creation!
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