Mirlo Above the Sun
Released Jun 2021
Mirlo's home has been destroyed, all the forest Beasts are being kidnapped and exploited for their energy. Join her to save her home and her forest friends in a hack & slash adventure. Use Mirlo's attack to push and defeat enemies, jump to avoid hazards, and save all the Beasts.
84% positive · 226 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Mirlo Above the Sun is a free-to-play hack-and-slash action-adventure game developed by DigiPen Europe-Bilbao, a student game development program, and published by DigiPen Institute of Technology. It released on June 17, 2021. The store description presents a self-contained narrative game with no mention of DLC, expansions, seasons, or ongoing content. There are no DLC listings, no developer news posts, and no announcements of future content of any kind. Games produced by academic programs like DigiPen are typically shipped as finished student projects with no post-launch content roadmap. The game has received no developer communications since launch, which is consistent with this being a completed, standalone release.
Evidence
Store description presents a self-contained hack-and-slash adventure with a clear narrative premise and no mention of DLC, updates, seasons, or future content additions.
Short description frames the game as a complete experience — save Mirlo's home and forest friends — with no language suggesting ongoing or planned content.
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Developer
Publisher
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
After years of balance and symbiosis, Mirlo’s home is attacked and laid to waste by the Solarean civilization, a totalitarian regime that is expanding and slaughtering anything in its way. Solareans found a source of energy in the forest Beasts; they would lock them up in energy extracting machines and exploit them. Mirlo wants her home back, and she must return the forest to its essence and protection, she must free all Beasts.
Join Mirlo to save her home and her forest friends in a hack & slash adventure. Use Mirlo’s attack to push and defeat enemies, jump to avoid hazards, and save all the Beasts.
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Mirlo: Above the Sun is a project developed by Kaiju In The Bayou, a team of 4th Year students at DigiPen Institute of Technology Europe - Bilbao () in a 9-month development cycle using Unreal Engine 4.
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