For many players, Returnal is a roguelike so punishing that it’s hard to stick with. For those who actually break through, however, it’s something closer to a trance, a dark and deep meditation on ...

In Returnal, you play as Selene, a deep-space scout who crash-lands on the hostile alien planet Atropos while investigating a mysterious signal known as “White Shadow.” She wakes up from the crash and ...