Fit check
Is The Eternal Cylinder worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-adventure players who want exploration shaped by creature abilities
- Players who enjoy solving environmental puzzles through character adaptation
- Players drawn to surreal alien worlds and journeys with a herd of creatures
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear adventure may find the open world and multiple biomes diffuse
- Players looking for combat-focused progression may find adaptation, exploration, and escape more central
- Players who prefer calm environments may not enjoy the destructive force and hostile creatures
Our take on The Eternal Cylinder
The defining mechanic is adaptation: Trebhum can acquire mutations that change their appearance and give them different ways to handle puzzles, predators, and hazards.
What is The Eternal Cylinder?
Control a herd of Trebhum while exploring an alien world with four distinct biomes, unusual wildlife, and surreal environments.
Each creature can develop more than 50 mutations, including abilities to grow spikes, fly, and shoot tornadoes. Use these traits to navigate hazards, overcome puzzles, and defend the herd from predators and servants created by The Cylinder. This ancient rolling structure crushes the landscape as it moves, flattening hills and mountains and bringing down trees. Hidden sanctuaries contain complex puzzles and knowledge passed down through generations of Trebhum. Anniversary content adds two creatures, a flame-shooting mutation, and graphics options for 4K and ray tracing.
How The Eternal Cylinder plays
- 01Mutation-based abilities
- More than 50 changes give Trebhum different ways to handle obstacles and predators, while also changing their appearance.
- 02Four alien biomes
- The open world contains distinct regions populated by unusual plants and animals.
- 03Destructive terrain
- The Cylinder crushes trees, hills, and mountains as it moves, changing the landscape around the herd.
- 04Sanctuary puzzles
- Hidden sanctuaries contain complex challenges and knowledge passed down through generations.
- 05Anniversary additions
- The added content includes two creatures, a flame-shooting mutation, and graphics options for 4K and ray tracing.
The Eternal Cylinder compared to similar games
Jusant centers on climbing a tall tower, choosing routes, and uncovering secrets from a past civilization, while The Eternal Cylinder focuses on controlling a herd, using mutations, and exploring a destructible alien world. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a chaotic metroidvania; The Eternal Cylinder instead pairs open-world exploration with creature adaptation and escape from a moving destroyer.
The Eternal Cylinder: platforms & release
Is The Eternal Cylinder worth it?
It is worth it if: action-adventure players who want exploration shaped by creature abilities. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear adventure may find the open world and multiple biomes diffuse.
Where can I download The Eternal Cylinder?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Eternal Cylinder's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Eternal Cylinder on?
Windows only.
