Polygon.com / 11.12.24

In Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, the Greek gods are queer and kind

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is like a lot of the games Im most likely to pick up. Its got a soothing, whitewashed color palette. The characters seem to be queer. And the gameplay includes a lot of environmental puzzles and jogging around, picking stuff up. Its perfect for me. But by those metrics, so are a lot of games. So I expected some genre familiarity when I booted it up for the first time. But in reality, Mythwrecked is a breath of fresh air for the genre of chill, cozy role-playing games. Developed by Polygon Treehouse (no relation) and published by Whitethorn Games, Mythwrecked puts the player in the position of Alex, who gets shipwrecked on a mysterious island thats inexplicably home to a handful of Greek gods who have no idea who they are or what theyre doing there. While its clear that Alex is motivated to get home at first, as she starts running into gods like Hermes, Zeus, Hera, and Aphrodite, she becomes dedicated to helping them recover their memories by doing them fav...
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