Gearbound: Odyssey
Gearbound: Odyssey is a vibrant 3D action-platformer where you blast, bash, and zip through alien worlds as rookie space cadet Ember, wielding over-the-top gadgets and gear on a galaxy-spanning journey to find her missing sister.
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Gearbound: Odyssey is a vibrant 3D action-platformer where you blast, bash, and zip through alien worlds as rookie space cadet Ember, wielding over-the-top gadgets and gear on a galaxy-spanning journey to find her missing sister.
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Gear up, lock in, and launch into the Drakora Reach.
Gearbound: Odyssey is a fast-paced 3D action-platformer inspired by classic mascot adventures. Play as Ember, a newly minted space cadet thrown into her first real mission: track down her missing sister Lillith – now working for the very forces tearing the galaxy apart.
Dash across floating islands, rocket-jump through toxic jungles, and tear through swarms of mechanical and monstrous threats with an arsenal of ridiculous weapons, upgradable gadgets, and style-driven combat.
Become Ember, rookie space cadet
Ember has just passed the trials and earned her place in the program – but her first assignment is personal. Follow her journey from wide-eyed recruit to battle-hardened hero as she uncovers why Lillith defected, who’s really pulling the strings in the Drakora Reach, and what they want with the galaxy’s strange, unstable tech.
Unravel a story full of banter, rivalries, and big emotional stakes as Ember confronts her own doubts and the sister she’s trying to save – or stop.
Planet-hopping action
Travel between wildly different worlds, each with its own hazards, enemies, and traversal toys:
Verdant Rise – A lush frontier overgrown with ancient ruins and forgotten machines.
Verdanox – A toxic world of twisted flora, spore clouds, and bio-mechanical horrors.
Zephyronis – A shattered sky-realm of floating islands, jet streams, and bottomless falls.
Each location is built for kinetic movement: wall-runs, jump pads, grind rails, grapple points, and environmental traps that are as fun to use as they are dangerous.
Gadgets, guns, and gear
Mix tight platforming with crunchy combat using Ember’s expanding toolkit:
Swap between imaginative weapons that emphasize impact and readability over realism.
Use gadgets to launch, pull, stun, or juggle enemies and chain them into aerial combos.
Upgrade your favorite tools to change how they behave – wider blasts, status effects, new mobility options, and more.
Discover hidden tech and side-grades by exploring off the golden path.
Every encounter is a chance to experiment: fling enemies into hazards, juggle them over cliffs, or launch yourself into a new route using your own explosions.
Explore, collect, and experiment
Gearbound: Odyssey rewards curiosity:
Optional challenge rooms that push your platforming and combat mastery.
Hidden collectibles that unlock cosmetics, lore logs, and upgrades.
Side objectives that encourage revisiting earlier planets with new abilities.
Secrets tucked behind clever traversal puzzles, environmental clues, and gadget combos.
Whether you’re chasing 100% completion or just following the main trail, each level is layered with shortcuts, alternate routes, and hidden stashes.
Built for clarity and feel
Gearbound: Odyssey focuses on readable, expressive action:
A bold, stylized visual direction closer to anime/PS2-era platformers than gritty realism.
Clean silhouettes and color-coded enemy attacks to keep combat understandable even when things get hectic.
Snappy movement and responsive controls tuned for both controller and keyboard/mouse.
