Baldo: The Guardian Owls

Baldo: The Guardian Owls
Developer(s)NAPS team
Publisher(s)NAPS team
Designer(s)Fabio Capone
Composer(s)Gianluca Cucchiara
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,[1] Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, iOS, macOS
ReleaseAugust 27, 2021
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an action-adventure video game developed and published by NAPS team. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, as well as iOS and macOS through Apple Arcade.[2][3] The Switch version of the game was scheduled to be released first in summer 2020 as a timed console exclusive, but the game was indefinitely delayed in September of that year.[4] The game was released on August 27, 2021.[5]

Inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Studio Ghibli's films, it is an action adventure RPG, with puzzles, exploration and combat, set in a crafted hand-drawn open world.[6][7] It was released on PlayStation 5 on January 22, 2024.[8]

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