Skybound

Skybound is a 3D exploration platformer about Bell, a young archaeologist searching mystical floating islands for ancient artifacts. You explore ruins, use parkour and environmental puzzle-solving to cross the islands, and investigate clues surrounding your first solo job: retrieving an artifact for a client whose motives seem unclear. This demo covers Act 1 and features three islands.

Bell’s story

Bell was sent to Professor A. N. Curia, a scholar of ancient human civilization, as “Human Remains.” The package instead contained a baby, whom the Professor raised. Bell grew up studying lost civilizations, joining excavation trips, examining artifacts, documenting ruins and decoding ancient texts. By seventeen, she had become an archaeologist in her own right.

Her first solo assignment is to retrieve an artifact from the ancient sky islands and prove herself as an archaeologist. As she explores the floating ruins, questions arise about what the client wants with the artifact and why the assignment is so secretive.

Movement and exploration

You cross the islands with Bell’s Grappling Anchor, agility boots and the magical Flow. Swing through the sky, build momentum and use Flow to move between places as you explore ruins and meet the islands’ curious inhabitants.

Puzzles and collectibles

You solve environmental puzzles and can destroy pots, some of which contain collectibles. You can also compete for places on the global Steam leaderboards.