I finally set my controller down, taking a quick peek at my phone before my heart skipped a beat — it was already past 10 P.M. and I missed the Animal Crossing mobile direct by over an hour. On my TV screen were words that I had seen about a thousand times before: “Thy Game Is Over.” Knight Terrors had already sucked more playtime out of me than I intended for the night, but I wasn’t about to let those zombies and UFOs have the last laugh — I ran right into a spike and died the first time a UFO popped up on screen. I hit continue and was thrown into another chaotic, endless, and downright fun romp in the latest Nintendo Switch release from FreakZone Games and Nicalis.
NintendoSoup: Can a $2.99 game actually be worth playing? Can it actually have enough to get you absorbed into it yet allow the developers to make money? Can it justify its place on the Nintendo Switch’s Catalogue? Read on to find out.
Can Knight Terrors, a game for a few bucks, be worth your time or is it just another cheaply made endlessrunner that can be found on mobile devices?
The horror-themed arcade side-scroller Knight Terrors is out now on Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe digitally via the Nintendo eShop for $2.99 / €2.99.
