Backbone (video game)
# Backbone (video game)

Backbone is a noir role-playing indie video game developed by EggNut and published by Raw Fury. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, and on Nintendo Switch in February 2022. A prequel, titled Tails: The Backbone Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.

## Plot

Set in a dystopian version of Vancouver, Canada populated by anthropomorphic creatures, Backbone follows Howard Lotor, a raccoon and private detective tasked with solving mysteries.

## Reception

Aggregate score :

| Aggregator | Score |
| - | - |
| Metacritic | PC: 72/100 PS5: 63/100 |

Review scores :

| Publication | Score |
| - | - |
| Adventure Gamers | |
| Destructoid | 7/10 |
| RPGFan | 78/100 |
| Shacknews | 6/10 |
| The Guardian | |

The game was awarded with the Gran Prix, Best PC Game and Best Art categories at the DevGAMM Unreal Engine competition in Minsk, Belarus, and with the Best Indie Game Award at the Strasbourg European Film Festival in France.

