Bastion

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Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

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Developer:
Supergiant Games
Publisher:
WB Games
Engine:
Microsoft XNA
Release date:
16 August 2011
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (62)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (17627)

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Description

Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock the New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!

Key Features:

  • Action-packed combat rewards playing with finesse

  • Hours of reactive narration delivers a deep story

  • Stunning hand-painted artwork in full 1080p resolution
  • Critically-acclaimed original music score
  • Controls custom-tailored to PC plus gamepad support
  • 10+ unique upgradeable weapons to be used
  • 6 powerful Bastion structures to be discovered
  • 'New Game Plus' and 'Score Attack' modes unlocked after finishing the story
  • 'No-Sweat Mode' lets players of any skill level enjoy the story

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP, Vista, 7
Processor:
1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater
Memory:
2 GB
Hard Disk Space:
1.0 GB
Video Card:
512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 2)
DirectX®:
9.0c
Sound:
DirectX 9.0c compatible

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Doctor Polski
Recommended | 24 May 2026
13.3h played

This is a beautiful game. Artistically, one of the best, with vibrant visuals and gorgeous music. Mechanically, its follows with the art and compliments it in a way I could never have understood without playing the

Helpful: 2
zarniewoop
Recommended | 16 May 2026
127h played

Incredible game. I had it for a few years and just played the story occasionally and gradually completed it. amazing game; a bit short in some ways but with allot of 'depth' if you crank up the difficulty. The narration

Helpful: 1
♰H.T
Recommended | 12 May 2026
13.1h played

Supergiant's best. If you ever thought "I wanna play Hades but not have to replay the same 30 minutes 50 times over" this is the game for you. Masterpiece

Helpful: 5
Jarvis Buttesworthy The 54th
Recommended | 04 May 2026
15.7h played

A friend introduced me to the soundtrack and I feel in love with the music before ever picking up the game. The story is fantastic (the finale made me cry). I had so much fun trying out each weapon and leveling them up

Helpful: 0
The Seer
Recommended | 12 May 2026
10.1h played

Bastion, the first game by Supergiant Games for it was released 15 yrs ago. This my first game by them due wishing to check them out due to acclaim of their more recent games. I can see the bones of their current

Helpful: 1
DMtta
Recommended | 04 May 2026
27.5h played

The game that made me fall in love with Supergiant Games. It's a really interesting piece of history if you come from playing Hades 2 for example. All the original gameplay ideas are here and it's still super

Helpful: 0