Overview

Number of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
Release Date

Switch eShop

  • US 21st Nov 2019, $19.99
  • EU 21st Nov 2019, £17.99

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  • Nintendo Download 21st November (North America)

    The Touryst! Narcos! Black Future '88!

    The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch: Narcos: Rise of the Cartels (Curve Digital,...

  • Nintendo Download 21st November (Europe)

    Children of Morta! Narcos! Bubble Bobble 4 Friends!

    The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Children of Morta (11 bit...

  • News Black Future '88 Brings An Alternate Past To Switch This Year

    There's no future, or past, without neon or roguelike elements

    Coming to Switch and PC later this year, self-described 'roguelike action shooter' Black Future '88 is set in an alternate reality where, it appears, it's always 1988. Presumably this is an alternate 1988 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac and gifted it to his past self because things...

About The Game

Black Future ‘88 is constantly evolving to try to kill you. As one of the last remaining survivors of nuclear cataclysm, you’ll climb a procedurally generated tower through a merciless onslaught of fire, lasers and steel. The only way to kill your mark before your heart explodes is strategically choosing and combining dozens of unique buffs and curses. Choose from several characters with a huge arsenal of weapons and powers as you shoot, slash and dash through anything standing between you and the top of the world.

Survive this nightmarish neon-lit retro dystopia alone or with a friend in two-player local co-op, then measure your mettle against other players by taking on special daily challenges to scale the global leaderboard.