Join Alex on her deadly solo-mission to expose the mysteries of planet Vandermire. Experience a truly transformative third-person shooter and absorb organic abilities to expand your combat and movement capabilities beyond anything you’ve seen before.
Otherskin delivers strong world design, striking visuals, and fun morphing mechanics that feel pulled from the golden age of adventure gaming. But severe optimization problems, repetitive combat, and unpolished gameplay prevent it from reaching its full potential. If patched, it could become a cult favourite for now, it’s a beautiful but broken jou...
Otherskin is the kind of game that thrives on ambition. It doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it delivers a creative, atmospheric, and mechanically interesting journey through a hostile alien world. Its morph system adds genuine novelty, its biomes brim with variety, and its narrative hook — a doomed soldier collecting knowledge for the greater good —...
Otherskin tries to deliver an experience inspired by modern shooters with a classic touch, but the end result feels closer to a PS2-era game — only with worse visuals. Its single enjoyable system isn’t enough to save a technically and artistically crumbling experience. And honestly, even if it were free, I wouldn’t recommend it.
All in all, Otherskin is a game that is more interesting than the sum of its parts. Everything it has to offer, from its setting to its combat and DNA-absorbing gimmick, is… decent. But add all of these elements up, and you get a pretty enjoyable action adventure that doesn’t overstay its welcome nor tries to bite more than it can chew. A handful of...
Otherskin does have some interesting game mechanics, the core idea is indeed pretty cool. For me it was just a bit too rough around the edges and lacking polish to keep me interested. If you are after a game with a slightly different approach that adds some new ways to play and complete levels (light puzzle solving)… it might be worth your time. I would...
