Star Overdrive will launch for Switch on April 10, 2025, publisher Dear Villagers and developer Caracal Games announced.
A Steam page for the game has also been up since its initial announcement, but has yet to be acknowledged by Dear Villagers, suggesting it will come to additional platforms at a later date.
Here is an overview of the game, via Dear Villagers:
About
As players traverse the game’s expansive alien world, they will face challenging enemies, solve intricate puzzles, and uncover secrets hidden across diverse biomes. The game also lets players customize their hoverboard, adapting its speed, handling, and gravity to their personal style or the challenges at hand.
Following its Nintendo Direct reveal in August 2024, Star Overdrive captured the attention of sci-fi and action-adventure fans. During the reveal, the developers cited The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as one of their biggest inspirations. While Star Overdrive draws inspiration from classic open-world action games, its hoverboard-based navigation and physics-driven powers offer a truly distinct experience.
After intercepting a mysterious distress signal, you’ll start your daring adventure through an uncharted alien planet. The journey reveals stunning landscapes ranging from shimmering deserts to vast aquatic zones, each biome pushing their traversal skills to the edge. Along the way, players will encounter remnants of an ancient civilization and piece together the mystery behind the signal.
Combat is a creative blend of physics-based powers, melee strikes and the Hoverboard companion’s special moves, challenging players to find new ways to outmaneuver and defeat enemies.
Every challenge brings players closer to uncovering the connection behind the distress signal, the protagonist’s past and the fate of the galaxy.
Key Features
- Hoverboard Navigation and Racing – Speed through vast landscapes, perform incredible tricks, and gain the edge in intense combat.
- Emergent Physics-Based Gameplay – Unleash and combine powers to battle enemies, bend the laws of physics, and solve intricate puzzles.
- Mysterious and Diverse Alien World – Journey through four uniquely distinct biomes, each brimming with challenges and secrets to uncover.
- Epic Battles Against Creatures of All Sizes – Engage with unique creatures, from small-scale rivals to towering bosses, each requiring strategy and skill to overcome.
Watch a new trailer below.