Ambitious Action Platformer The Devil Within: Satgat Slices and Dices on PS5, PS4

Side-scrolling sword-fighting action

by Khayl Adam Mon 20th Mar 2023

The Media Indie Exchange Showcase took place over the weekend, and we got a bunch of updates on some smaller titles that have been quietly percolating for a while now. Case in point, The Devil Within: Satgat, developed by Seoul-based studio Newcore Games.

It's quite a mouthful, but Satgat looks like a well-made and fairly demanding 2.5D action game in the vein of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which is something which will always get out our attention.

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What do you think of The Devil Within: Satgat? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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Voltan
Mon 20th Mar 2023

I thought this looked a lot like F.I.S.T. minus the furry animals.
Not a bad thing!

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Axelay71
Mon 20th Mar 2023

Looks very promising 👌

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misak192
Mon 20th Mar 2023

Love this! This is what 2D games should look like in 2023. Not like some pixelated retro bs

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ErrantRob
Mon 20th Mar 2023

I am all for 2D experiences. Trek to Yomi let me down a bit with how it handled, so I am hoping this is more in the vein of F.I.S.T. or Bloodstained.

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ErrantRob
Mon 20th Mar 2023

@misak192 To be fair, I do think games like The Messenger and Celeste are incredible experiences in both 16 bit and 8 bit designs. That doesn't include stuff like Enter the Gungeon, Dead Cells and Blasphemous to name a few. But I know it is not everyone's cup of tea.

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naruball
Mon 20th Mar 2023

@misak192 my thoughts exactly. It's an instant turn off, though obviously many others feel differently.

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misak192
Mon 20th Mar 2023

@ErrantRob I played Celeste and it was good, but only because of the gameplay, graphics definitely on the ugly side. I wish these games would look like Ori and the Will of the Wisps or F.I.S.T

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ChromaticDracula
Mon 20th Mar 2023

This looks really good… reminds me of Shadow Complex’s art style. It’s a wonder why nobody else follows that format. I think the only other one that comes to mind at the moment is Metroid: Dread. I love the pixely art ones but there’s something really special about this kind too. There’s a fine balance between looking cheap and on the other hand, looking like it’s filled with love and care, which is the case with this one.