RIN: The Last Child, a fantasy Metroidvania featuring exploration, platforming and an extensive spell-crafting system, is launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The console release follows the game’s original PC debut in 2024 and introduces its mythology-inspired adventure to current-generation console players.
Developed by independent Polish studio Space Fox Games and Salient Games, the title combines 2D exploration with dynamic combat, character progression and player choices that can influence how the story ends. Ultimate Games S.A. prepared and published the console versions.
RIN: The Last Child Combines Metroidvania Exploration and Fantasy
Players take control of RIN, the last child of the Creator, who is tasked with restoring balance to a dark and mysterious world.
The game’s story draws inspiration from ancient mythology, including the myth of Cronus, while presenting its setting through a distinctive 2D fairy-tale fantasy art style.
Like traditional Metroidvania games, exploration plays a major role. Players travel through an interconnected world containing hidden areas and secrets, with new locations becoming accessible as RIN acquires additional abilities.
Platforming challenges are integrated throughout the journey, while battles against regular enemies and five major bosses provide the game’s primary combat encounters.
Spell-Crafting System Offers 7,776 Variants
One of RIN: The Last Child’s defining mechanics is its extensive magic system.
Players collect spell patterns and magical aspects that can be combined to create different abilities. According to the developers, the system supports a total of 7,776 possible spell variants.
Rather than relying on a small selection of predetermined attacks, players can experiment with combinations to find magic that complements their preferred approach to combat.
Character Development Expands Combat Options
Spell crafting works alongside broader character progression systems, allowing players to develop RIN as they move deeper into the world.
New abilities also affect exploration by opening previously inaccessible areas. This creates the familiar Metroidvania loop of discovering obstacles, acquiring new powers and returning to earlier locations to uncover additional paths or secrets.
Players will need to combine movement, combat and magic when confronting the game’s enemies and bosses.
Player Decisions Can Change the Ending
The adventure also incorporates story-driven choices.
Decisions made during RIN’s journey influence how the narrative develops and can lead to different endings. The system adds a role-playing component to the exploration-focused structure, giving player choices consequences beyond combat and character upgrades.
The central objective remains restoring balance to the mystical world, but how the story ultimately concludes depends in part on decisions made along the way.
Console Version Follows 2024 PC Release
RIN: The Last Child originally arrived on PC in 2024. Its expansion to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S gives console players access to the same combination of fantasy exploration, spell experimentation and action-platforming.
The console edition is priced at $19.99 in the United States.
The core experience includes an expansive interconnected world, five major bosses, thousands of potential spell configurations, character development and multiple endings.
RIN: The Last Child Expands to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
With its console release, RIN: The Last Child brings its mythology-inspired Metroidvania adventure to a wider audience.
Its 7,776 spell combinations provide substantial room for experimentation, while interconnected exploration, platforming, boss encounters and branching narrative choices round out the experience. For players interested in fantasy-focused Metroidvanias, the console launch offers another way to explore RIN’s dark fairy-tale world.
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