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Cradle

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found…

80 24 July 2015

Cradle is an adventure developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals, released 24 July 2015 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cradle is

Cradle is an adventure game developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals and released in 2015. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unigine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his companion and solve the mystery of the neglected entertainment park located not far from the yurt together.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Cradle holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD, 2 GB RAM and DirectX9c compliant card with 512MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Cradle launched on 24 July 2015, within three weeks of Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, N++ (NPLUSPLUS) and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, N++ (NPLUSPLUS), Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cradle yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Cradle — frequently asked questions

When did Cradle come out?
Cradle was released on 24 July 2015 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Cradle?
At minimum, Cradle needs Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD, 2 GB RAM, DirectX9c compliant card with 512MB graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Cradle?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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