Above

About this game

Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, set in a world of scattered islands, where flight is freedom at a cost and secrets lives deep beneath the ocean waves.



The Game: Join the young pilot, Maryam, as she breaks the aviation ban of her people,, in order to reunite with her brother, Elm. Experience, with Maryam, the freedom of flight, uncover the truths behind her people’s myths and rules, and discover, with her, that the world is much bigger than she was told but as dangerous as she was warned.



Features:

• Acrobatic Aviation - Experience with Maryam the freedom of flight, learn how to master piloting the different aeroplanes, and begin the journey to becoming an ace pilot.
  
• Intriguing Island-world - Explore the ocean-scattered islands, discover the history of the world, meet and interact with its inhabitants and scavenge for resources to further your journey.
  
• Unraveling Mysteries - What is the truth and what is a myth? Who can you trust and who has their own agenda? And what secrets are dwelling just below the surface?
  
• Abominations from Below - Fight and hunt the different gigantic sea monsters that dwell in the world's ocean from above in your aeroplane.
  
• Antagonistic Nature - Battle the wind and the rain as you navigate your aeroplane through changing weather and survive treacherous landing strips and unforgiving cliff walls.
  
• Crafting and Customization - Build and modify your aeroplanes with scavenge resources and recovered blueprints.
  
• Inviting soundscape and eye catching graphics - Immerse yourself in the world of Above, where the adventure is build into every detail.

Latest news

• Press Coverage·14 May 2018

  Above's storybook surface hides a wonderfully frightening interior

  There is something about a bright red airplane buzzing over endless blue seas that is not easy to put out of mind. I saw a screenshot for Above a few weeks back - or maybe it was a GIF; this is a game that has a real power when glimpsed in GIF form - and part of me has been with it ever since, moving in low over the calm waters until my fixed wheels sparkle with seaspray and my propeller sends up tumbling cords of froth. If this was all there is to Above it would be enough, I think. You grab the controller and the opportunities presented by a clear blue ocean seem limitless. One stick to steer, another to do stunts, and - why not, then? - an occasional stab of a trigger to send a little line and hook descending to pick up salvage scattered across the waves. But that was never going to be all there was to Above. Stare long enough at that red plane moving over the blue seas and the toy box, children's book dreaminess starts to turn to something darker. The plane seems terribly small, and the ocean terribly big and terribly frightening in that way that featureless oceans can't help but feel. Thoughts turn from Lindbergh to Amelia Earhart. Read more…
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• Press Coverage·24 Apr 2018

  Podcast: The weird, wild and wonderful of EGX Rezzed

  It s a podcast special! Astrid Johnson takes us through the halls of London game show EGX Rezzed, on a search for oddities and weirdness. And she finds plenty of both. There s Stereopolis, a game projected onto a disc of frosted glass, or Wobble Garden, which is played entirely by twanging a bunch of springy door stoppers (pictured above). It s an overview of the show for those who couldn’t make it this year. We also learn about the plane tinkering of Above, two-player sausage-dog cooperation in Phogs, and Disco Elysium, an isometric RPG featuring an alcoholic detective having an unconscious argument with his lizard brain. And then there’s the tale of Fernando’s chicken… (more…)
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• Press Coverage·24 Apr 2018

  Podcast: The weird, wild and wonderful of EGX Rezzed

  It s a podcast special! Astrid Johnson takes us through the halls of London game show EGX Rezzed, on a search for oddities and weirdness. And she finds plenty of both. There s Stereopolis, a game projected onto a disc of frosted glass, or Wobble Garden, which is played entirely by twanging a bunch of springy door stoppers (pictured above). It s an overview of the show for those who couldn’t make it this year. We also learn about the plane tinkering of Above, two-player sausage-dog cooperation in Phogs, and Disco Elysium, an isometric RPG featuring an alcoholic detective having an unconscious argument with his lizard brain. And then there’s the tale of Fernando’s chicken… (more…)
  Read full article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun