The Eternal Cylinder
Alien survival adventure with mutating creatures and a world-crushing cylinder
ACE Team · Published by Good Shepherd Entertainment · Released Oct 13, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 1,317
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 2
- peak 24h 5
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Oct 31, 2022
Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Eternal Cylinder?
This single-player survival adventure casts you as a small alien Trebhum on a planet threatened by a giant rolling cylinder. You gather other Trebhum, explore four biomes and hidden sanctuaries, gain mutations to overcome obstacles and predators, solve puzzles, and flee as the cylinder crushes the landscape.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring surreal landscapes and discovering strange creatures
- +you like solving puzzles by changing your creatures' abilities
- +you enjoy exploring between escapes from a looming threat
Not for you if...
- −you want to backtrack freely through earlier areas
- −you prefer combat-heavy adventures over exploration and puzzles
- −you dislike repeating a cycle of exploration and escape
What players say
90% of 1,317 reviews are positive · 100% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the creature designs, alien scenery, story, and mutation system. Common complaints include linear, repetitive progression and awkward controls and menus; some players also report crashes that halt progress.
Screenshots and trailer
The Eternal Cylinder system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64 bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4460
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 770
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-7600
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1070
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 9 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Story Rich
- Open World
- Exploration
- Surreal
- Survival
- Family Friendly
- Atmospheric
- Puzzle Platformer
- Colorful
- Cute
- Action-Adventure
- Action
- Third Person
- Adventure
- Puzzle
- Platformer
Recent updates
- Oct 31, 2022 · The Eternal Cylinder - Patch #3 is live!
- Oct 20, 2022 · The Eternal Cylinder - Patch #2 is live!
- Oct 17, 2022 · The Eternal Cylinder - Patch 1 is now live!
- Oct 13, 2022 · The Eternal Cylinder Anniversary Update - Available Now on Steam!
- Aug 18, 2022 · The Eternal Cylinder Anniversary Update launches October 13th!
1 DLC available.
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