Developer Aurelien Regard and publisher Playdius have released a new launch trailer for AWAY: Journey To The Unexpected.

The feel-good first-person adventure game rendered in charming anime-style visuals is set to launch on 7th February 2019 on Switch. AWAY: Journey To The Unexpected fully features a light-hearted story-driven gameplay with fast-paced combat and rogue-lite elements.

The game will be offered for USD 16.99 and supports English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese languages.

Check out our early impressions about the game.

Here’s the launch trailer and details:

Indie developer Aurélien Regard (The Next Penelope) and publisher Playdius (Bury me, my Love, A Normal Lost Phone) today announced that their anticipated new release, Away: Journey to the Unexpected launches this week. The game will launch on Nintendo Switch on 7th February 2019.

Away: Journey to the Unexpected is a feel-good first person adventure game that combines action, negotiation and rogue-lite elements, all rendered beautifully in a distinctive anime-inspired style. In Away, you’re not a fighter or a hero, but you are great at making kick-ass friends! Many of the colourful characters you meet in game, from robotic cowboy bounty hunters to bizarre space oddities, can be recruited to fight alongside you – it’s up to you to convince them to join the team! Away is the creation of renowned French developer Aurélien Regard, working alongside Rayman level designer Jean-Matthieu Gennisson.

Features:

• Colourful and unique visuals created by renowned artist and developer Aurélien Regard (The Next Penelope)

• A refreshing, light-hearted story packed full of adventure and humour

• A first person adventure with fast-paced combat and rogue-lite elements

• A vast cast of quirky characters to meet, convince and recruit to fight for you

• Underpinned by an anime-inspired soundtrack

Away: Journey to the Unexpected will be available for $16,99 / 16,99€ / £13,49 and localised into English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.