You can pick up Bastion on iOS for precisely zero dollars, but only for a limited time.
If you haven’t picked up Bastion, you are doing yourself a disservice. Bastion is a must-play indie title.
Why? So many reasons. First, there’s the art style which is colorful, vibrant, flowing, and entirely unique. The game’s levels are all hand-painted and appear as the player moves as though the world is being created just for you. Then there’s the narrator, who has the sort of gravitas you’d expect to find in a Disney documentary. He narrates almost every action the player performs and can even throw in a few jokes if the player decides to go against the story.
Then there’s the soundtrack, which was about as award-winning as the game itself. Bastion took home a ton of awards back in 2011 when it was released, and those awards translated into sales. Well over 3 million copies of Bastion have been sold and those sales helped cement Supergiant games into the development studio they are today.
Bastion was already released on iOS way back in 2012, but Supergiant announced in September that the game was going to be updated. This was partially due to new iPhone screens being supported, partially due to Chinese language support in order to release the game in China, and partially because Supergiant’s distribution contract with Warner Bros. expired and they’re marketing the game on their own.
So to lay the groundwork, Supergiant delisted Bastion on the Apple Store a few days ago. The new and improved version is out now, and as a thank you to fans, Supergiant has made it totally free for a limited time. Normally you’d be given a few trial levels and be told to buy the full game for $4.99 via a one-time in-app purchase. Instead, that in-app purchase is just $0.00.
We don’t know when that number might change, though, so if you’re on the fence, download Bastion now and get it unlocked for free. This is one game that you owe it to yourself to play.
Source: Supergiant Games