1000xResist

2024 video game November 2024 1000xResist 1000xRESIST Cover.jpg Sunset Visitor Fellow Traveller Games Remy Siu Kodai Yanagawa N. Tan Pinki Li Conor Wylie Colin J MacDougall Line Katcho Drew Redman Nintendo Switch, Windows 9 May 2024 PS5, Xbox Series X/S 4 November 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 20 August 2026 Adventure Nintendo Switch Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch 2 Unityhttps://unity.com/blog/games-made-with-unity-2024-releases Games made with Unity: 2024 in review Saver Michael Unity Technologies 2024-12-30 2025-05-26 Single-player 1000xResist (stylized as 1000xRESIST) is a 2024 adventure video game developed by Sunset Visitor and published by Fellow Traveller Games. The player takes the role of a clone named Watcher in the post-apocalyptic far future where aliens have eradicated most of humanity through a global pandemic, leaving only a small society of clones behind. It was released on Nintendo Switch and Windows in May 2024. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released in November 2025. A version for Nintendo Switch 2 was released in August 2026. The game received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed to its narrative and treatment of themes relating to the experience of members of diaspora communities, the legacies of conflict, intergenerational trauma and the COVID-19 pandemic. Several critics described 1000xResist as one of the best games of 2024. Prior to release, the game received nominations for several awards at the 2024 Independent Games Festival, including a Peabody Award and shortlist for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Gameplay thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot 1000xResist is a narrative-based adventure game involving environmental exploration and conversational choices with characters throughout the game's settings.https://gamingbolt.com/1000xresist-interview-story-world-choices-and-more 1000xRESIST Interview – Story, World, Choices, and More Parijat Shubhankar 25 November 2022 GamingBolt 20 October 2024 The game features many optional conversations and interactions, particularly in the game's overarching area, the Orchard, which is navigated via a map of the area and a minimap to show waypoints of interest.Fellow Traveller 1000xResist now has a map. 18 June 2024 22 October 2024 https://www.fellowtraveller.games/blog/1000xresist-now-has-a-map In other parts of the game, players engage in Communion to explore memories, allowing them to jump forward or backwards in a given memory to explore previously inaccessible areas, or to see characters experience different time periods. Unlocking additional time periods can assist the player in completing puzzles or accessing new conversations to progress the story. In some segments during Communion, the player focuses on a specific memory by entering an abstract space, slowing time and interacting with floating spheres to fly between them to locate and listen to the characters who had the conversation. Plot The backstory is presented nonlinearly throughout the game via memories and dialogue. Iris Kwan is a Canadian teenager whose parents fled the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and struggle to cope with the lingering trauma as an immigrant family. Sullen and indrawn, Iris lashes out at the people around her, including her parents and schoolmate Jiao, a recent Chinese immigrant who looks up to Iris. In 2047, an alien race called the Occupants arrives on Earth from a dying star system. They appear as giant red humanoids with halos in place of their heads, and spread a fatal virus that causes the body to expel blood and water through the eyes. While Iris's class, including Jiao, is wiped out by the disease, she proves to be immune and abandons her parents to be studied by a research group trying to preserve humanity. She brings a picture of Jiao through which she continues to talk to her. Iris is taken aboard a generation ship, one of dozens designed to sink below the oceans to hide from the Occupants. Over the following years, communication is lost with the remaining other ships, while many clones are made of Iris but fail to preserve her immunity. Iris herself, who has stopped physically aging, grows increasingly resentful and eventually makes a deal with the Occupants, using their power to kill almost everyone on the ship in exchange for her memories transferred via a set of floating, geometric Occupant devices. She settles into a hospitable garden and atrium on the ship, known as the Orchard, and creates five new clones of herself as companions, sharing her memories in sessions called communions with both these sisters and the Occupants. The Youngest sister, seeking to please Iris, discovers relics of Jiao and attempts to clone her as a birthday present for Iris. Disgusted, Iris kills the Jiao clone, revokes the clones' immunity to the Occupant's disease, and condemns the sole surviving sister, Youngest, with the responsibility of creating all subsequent Iris-clones, before departing the Orchard forever. A thousand years later, the Youngest has assumed control of the Orchard as Principal. The other Iris-clones are sorted by function, with one head sister of each type: Knower, Fixer, Healer, Bang Bang Fire, and Watcher. Principal leads worship of Iris, the Allmother, who will one day destroy the Occupants and reclaim the surface. She selects the worthiest clones to be sent to Iris by train, hoping to redeem the "ancient sin" committed by Youngest. At the start of the game, the player assumes the role of Watcher, who uses one of the Occupant devices, called Secretary, to engage in communion and explore Iris's memories. While communing with Principal, Watcher is confronted by Fixer, a close friend who had left on the train, about the Allmother's true nature. As communication from the "other side" is forbidden, Watcher reports this to Principal and is told that Fixer has been incinerated. After communions with Bang Bang Fire and Healer, an Occupant incursion puts the Orchard on lockdown and leaves many sisters dead. While sheltering, Watcher communes with Knower, and discovers the Occupant's fascination with memories and their collaboration with Iris. Outraged from learning of Iris' betrayal and that Secretary is of Occupant origin, Watcher smashes Secretary and uses one of its broken shards to assassinate Iris. Principal arrives in time to arrest Watcher for Iris' murder before revealing herself to be Youngest, having deceived Watcher by tampering with her communions. In the aftermath, mourning and violence break out among the sisters before Principal establishes an autocratic, Provisional Government with Knower as High Minister. Knower, while sympathetic to Watcher, imprisons and tortures her for three years as she refuses to cooperate with the regime. Watcher is later rescued by an alive Fixer in a breakout devised by Knower. During this time factions emerge in the community, including a religious cult awaiting the second coming of the Allmother, a servant caste of newly-created Jiao clones, a harsh police force of Red Guards, and unclassified "Miscellaneous" Iris-clones that reside in Old Town, a scale-model Asian town-district located under the Orchard. Seven years after Iris' death, the player now controls Blue, a Miscellaneous clone who works in a bar in Old Town. After her employer and friend Bartender is killed for her seditious actions, Blue makes contact with anti-government groups to assemble a bomb that kills most of the ministers and wounds Principal during a scheduled theatre performance. In the ensuing chaos, Blue escapes to the underground trains before being rescued by Fixer, Healer, Bang Bang Fire, and a blinded and critically injured Watcher, with whom she communes to discover a way to remove Principal from power. After Watcher succumbs to her injuries and dies following a final communion, the remaining members of the resistance devise a plan to merge Secretary with a summoned Occupant and trigger a mass communion to expose Principal's deception. With the help of Knower redirecting Red Guards and rebel forces launching diversionary attacks, Secretary successfully makes contact with the last remaining Occupant on Earth. Realizing the Occupant's cold apathy to Iris, humanity, and the nature of death, Secretary overpowers the Occupant's consciousness and erases their recorded memories of Iris. The newly merged Occupant then lets Blue decide which of the factions and surviving sisters will be carried forward into the new world, leading to one of several endings. In an epilogue set many years later, an unnamed Jiao clone explores an abandoned Orchard and discovers various characters' epitaphs. Development and release 1000xResist was created by Sunset Visitor, a four-person development team based in Vancouver, Canada,https://gonintendo.com/contents/37097-interview-how-sunset-visitor-tackled-1000xresist-a-genre-defining-experience INTERVIEW: How sunset visitor tackled 1000xRESIST, a genre-defining experience 24 June 2024 GoNintendo 20 October 2024 with backgrounds in theatre, new media, dance and performance art.https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/interviews/2024/7/28/1000xresists-remy-siu-on-the-power-of-performance 1000xResist's Remy Siu on the Power of Performance Wescott Adam 29 July 2024 Crunchyroll 20 October 2024https://www.gamesindustry.biz/fellow-traveller-its-a-lot-easier-to-start-a-publisher-than-to-sustain-one Fellow Traveller: 'It's a lot easier to start a publisher than to sustain one' Dealessandri Marie 16 November 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Informa 20 October 2024 Creative director Remy Siu stated the game began as a prototype in March 2020 following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, during a period when the developers were unable to perform or tour and decided to enter video game development. The characters in the game were animated using Rokoko motion capture technology. 1000xResist was announced with the release of a trailer in September 2022,https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/1000xresist-is-hyper-cinematic-adventure-coming-next-year 1000xResist Is A 'Hyper-Cinematic' Adventure Coming Next Year Allen Joseph 20 September 2022 TechRaptor 20 October 2024IGN 1000xResist - Official Game Reveal Trailer 22 November 2022 20 October 2024 https://www.ign.com/videos/1000xresist-official-game-reveal-trailer and a demo was showcased at Steam Next Fest in February 2023.https://www.destructoid.com/steam-next-fest-2023-demos-to-try-roundup-pc/ 15 demos to try before Steam Next Fest 2023 ends Van Allen Eric 11 February 2023 Destructoid Gamurs Group 20 October 2024 The full version of the game was published by Fellow Traveller on 9 May 2024 on PC and the Nintendo Switch.https://www.gematsu.com/2024/04/1000xresist-launches-may-9 1000xRESIST launches May 9 Romano Sal 16 April 2024 Gematsu 20 October 2024Fellow Traveller Your Communion begins: 1000xRESIST is OUT NOW! 9 May 2024 22 October 2024 https://www.fellowtraveller.games/blog/your-communion-begins-1000xresist-is-out-now The game was distributed as part of a Summer Narrative Celebration Humble Bundle in September 2024.Kotaku Humble's Latest Bundle Includes A Discount On 2024's Most Impressive Indie 6 September 2024 20 October 2024 https://kotaku.com/humble-bundle-summer-narrative-1000xresistsale-1851642286 Ports to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on 4 November 2025.https://www.gematsu.com/2025/10/1000xresist-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-on-november-4 1000xRESIST coming to PS5, Xbox Series on November 4 Romano Sal 15 October 2025 Gematsu 15 October 2025 Reception (PC) 86/100Metacritic 1000xRESIST 2024 29 December 2024 https://www.metacritic.com/game/1000xresist/critic-reviews/?platform=pc (NS) 87/100Metacritic 1000xRESIST 2024 19 October 2024 https://www.metacritic.com/game/1000xresist/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch 100% recommendhttps://opencritic.com/game/16723/1000xresist 1000xResist OpenCritic November 2, 2025 8.5/10https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-1000xresist/ Review: 1000xRESIST Mills Steven 12 May 2024 Destructoid GAMURS Group 19 October 2024 8/10Edge August 2024 1000xResist 116–17 399 Future plc 4/5https://www.eurogamer.net/1000xresist-review 1000xResist review - a deeply personal exploration of diaspora politics and psychology Ong Alexis 10 May 2024 Eurogamer Gamer Network Limited 19 October 2024 9/10https://www.ign.com/articles/1000xresist-review 1000xResist Review Higham Michael 1 June 2024 IGN Ziff Davis 19 October 2024 9/10https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/67595/1000xresist-switch-review 1000xResist (Switch) Review Hilhorst Willem 21 June 2024 Nintendo World Report NINWR, LLC 19 October 2024 5/5https://toucharcade.com/2024/05/29/1000xresist-switch-review-eshop-discount-mlb-the-show-24-snowrunner/ SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring '1000xRESIST', Plus the Latest Releases and Sales Musgrave Shaun 29 May 2024 TouchArcade 19 October 2024 Financial Times 5/5https://www.ft.com/content/7ca1ee1e-61cb-46fc-9755-b6779c30be79 Five stars for 1000xResist — indie game tackles pandemic, revolution and heartbreak Faber Tom 2 July 2024 Financial Times Nikkei, Inc. 20 October 2024 Paste 9.7https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/1000xresist/insist-on-1000xresist-one-of-2024s-best-new-games Insist on 1000xRESIST—One of 2024's Best New Games Flores Natalie 9 May 2024 Paste Magazine Paste Media Group 19 October 2024 Siliconera 90%https://www.siliconera.com/review-1000xresist-never-lets-you-go/ Review: 1000xResist Never Lets You Go Lada Jenni 24 May 2024 Siliconera GAMURS Group 19 October 2024 Softpedia 4/5https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/games/pc/1000xresist-review-537561.shtml 1000xRESIST Review (PC) Vasile Cosmin 30 May 2024 Softpedia SoftNews NET SRL 19 October 2024 9.5/10Harte Charles 2024-05-09 1000xResist Review - A Game That Will Remain And Remain https://gameinformer.com/review/1000xresist/a-game-that-will-remain-and-remain 2025-04-01 Game Informer en According to review aggregator website Metacritic, 1000xResist received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, with the site identifying the game as one of the highest-rated of the first half of 2024.https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/best-video-games-of-2024-at-midyear/ The Best Video Games of 2024 So Far Dietz Jason 27 June 2024 Metacritic Fandom, Inc. 20 October 2024 Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 100% of critics. Several critics described 1000xResist as one of the best games of 2024.https://kotaku.com/1000xresist-fellow-traveller-games-sale-steam-1851649391 Two Of 2024's Best Indies Are On Sale During This Steam Event Rowe Willa 16 September 2024 Kotaku G/O Media 20 October 2024https://www.ign.com/videos/the-best-video-games-of-2024-so-far The Best Video Games of 2024 So Far 20 September 2024 IGN Ziff Davis 20 October 2024https://www.pcgamesn.com/1000xresist/best-game-of-2024 The best game of 2024 was just released and nobody is playing it Smith Ed June 2024 PCGamesN Network N Media 20 October 2024https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-video-games-of-2024-so-far/ The Best Video Games of 2024 … So Far 25 June 2024 Slant Magazine 20 October 2024https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/best-video-games-2024/ The best video games of 2024 so far Park Gene 10 July 2024 The Washington Post 20 October 2024https://www.thegamer.com/video/1000xresist-the-best-game-of-2024-you-haven-t-played-save-room/ 1000xResist: The Best Game of 2024 You Haven't Played Macias Cristian 4 September 2024 TheGamer Gamerant 20 October 2024 Many critics praised the game's themes, with reviewers noting its content explored the impact of the coronavirus pandemic,https://www.vg247.com/1000xresist-nier-automata-pc-switch Got a Nier: Automata-shaped hole in your heart? You shouldn't resist picking up this ambitious sci-fi title for PC and Switch, then Kuhnke Oisin 15 May 2024 VG247 Gamer Network 20 October 2024 the experiences of members of diaspora communities,Polygon 1000xResist isn't just mind-bending sci-fi — it's also an allegory for diaspora Cole Yussef 11 June 2024 20 October 2024 https://www.polygon.com/2024/6/11/24173823/1000xresist-impressionsRock Paper Shotgun 1000xResist is a time travel story inspired by Star Trek, the pandemic and immigrant trauma Evans=Thirlwell Edwin 18 April 2024 20 October 2024 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/1000xresist-is-a-time-travel-story-inspired-by-star-trek-the-pandemic-and-immigrant-trauma and of conflict and intergenerational trauma. Tom Faber of the Financial Times stated the game explores "existential themes and contemporary global politics with a sophistication and maturity that are still lamentably rare in gaming". Josh Torres of RPG Site lauded the game for its "illustration of the different struggles of immigration across generations", highlighting its treatment of themes around intergenerational trauma, conflict and the "intricacies of Asian diaspora".https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/15863-branching-path-the-world-more-complex-more-complicated-more-fragile-a-case-study-1000xr Branching Path: The World is More Complex, More Complicated, and More Fragile - A Case Study of 1000xResist Torres Josh 29 May 2024 RPG Site 20 October 2024 Considering the game to defy summarisation or simple metaphor, Alexis Ong of Eurogamer similarly discussed the game's treatment of the "invisible", "ugly and gruelling" effects of immigration and eventual assimilation. The writing of 1000xResist was similarly praised, with several critics praising the story as one of the best narratives in a game.GamesRadar+ 1000xResist is one of gaming's best-written, and best-paced narratives Taylor-Kent Oscar 1 November 2024 3 November 2024 https://www.gamesradar.com/games/adventure/1000-x-resist-indie-spotlight-now-playing/ Faber considered the game to be a "feat of storytelling" and commended the game's "uniformly superb" writing as "poetic, poignant and humorous". Ed Smith of PCGamesN highlighted the developers' "command of dialogue, characterization, staging, symbolism and visual metaphor". Finding 1000xResist to be "purposed" in its writing, Michael Higham of IGN focused on the game's characterisation, praising characters as fully-formed, rich in personality and expressing genuine warmth in their interactions. The visual presentation received generally positive comments. Oisin Kuhnke of VG247 described the game as "visually stunning" and "the most boldly art directed game of the year". Higham did not consider the game as graphically impressive, but expressed that the game let "its creative techniques speak as loud as its words" through the use of "striking" colors and camera angles. Faber found the game's graphics to "underwhelm" but be compensated by a "strong" and "stylish" artistic direction. As of February 2025, 70,000 copies had been sold,2025-02-04 1000xRESIST - From You, 70,000 Copies Ago - Steam News https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675830/view/535466769966432970 2025-02-06 store.steampowered.com en with an unusual surge in sales in January 2025, seven months after the initial launch.Hannah Zoë 2025-01-03 Why was 1000xResist's best sales day 7 months post-launch? 'Not being in The Game Awards,' dev says https://www.polygon.com/news/504060/1000xresist-best-sales-day-six-months-later-indie-success 2025-02-06 Polygon en-US 100,000 copies had been sold by early May 2025, i.e. in the first year of release.2025-05-02 Thank You for 100,000 Copies! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675830/view/515208812015124570 2025-05-03 store.steampowered.com en Accolades Year Ceremony Category Result Ref. 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Awards Adventure Game of the Year https://www.polygon.com/awards/506810/dice-awards-nominations-2025 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a GOTY front-runner at the DICE Awards Oli Welsh January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025 Polygon https://www.interactive.org/awards/i92j428th_annual_dice_awards_results_93io35.asp 28th Annual DICE Awards Results Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences interactive.org 14 February 2025 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Outstanding Achievement in Character (Watcher) Outstanding Achievement in Story 25th Game Developers Choice Awards Best Debut Game Developers Choice Awards 2025 Nominees Revealed https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/game-developers-choice-awards-2025-nominees-revealed/2900-6173/ Yang George 2025-03-20 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250321054028/https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/game-developers-choice-awards-2025-nominees-revealed/2900-6173/ 2025-03-21 2025-03-22 GameSpot Best Narrative Social Impact Game Audio Network Guild Awards Best Dialogue for an Indie Game Hutchinson Sabrina 2025-03-20 23rd G.A.N.G. Awards Winners — Full List https://www.audiogang.org/23rd-g-a-n-g-awards-winners-full-list/ 2025-03-22 Game Audio Network Guild Best New Original IP Audio Nebula Awards Best Game Writing http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2025 Nebula Awards 2025 Science Fiction Awards Database Locus 2025-04-072024 Nebula Awards Winners https://locusmag.com/2025/06/2024-nebula-awards-winners/ Locus Online 8 June 2025 8 June 2025 Hugo Awards Best Game or Interactive Work 2025 Hugo Award Finalists https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/ Seattle Worldcon 2025 7 April 20252025 Hugo Award Winners https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/winners-and-stats/ Seattle Worldcon 2025 18 August 2025 Peabody Awards Peabody Award for Interactive & Immersive Work Award Profile 1000xRESIST https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/1000xresist/ Peabody Awards 1 May 2025 References External links https://www.sunsetvisitor.studio/ Category:2024 video games Category:Adventure games Category:Fiction about mother–daughter relationships Category:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry Category:Indie games Category:Nintendo Switch games Category:PlayStation 5 games Category:Post-apocalyptic video games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games about alien invasions Category:Video games about matricide Category:Video games about viral outbreaks Category:Video games developed in Canada Category:Video games featuring female protagonists Category:Video games set in 2047 Category:Video games set in Canada Category:Video games set in the 2030s Category:Video games set in the future Category:Video games set underwater Category:Windows games Category:Works about the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests Category:Xbox Series X and Series S games Category:Fiction about generation ships