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Dokuro

This charming, chalk-art puzzler tests your wits and tugs at your hearstrings as the bony underdog Dokuro strives to solve and swashbuckle his way through the Dark Lord's castle to save the Princess.

70 5 July 2012

Dokuro is an adventure, released 5 July 2012 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dokuro is

Dokuro was released in 2012. It was published by GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This charming, chalk-art puzzler tests your wits and tugs at your hearstrings as the bony underdog Dokuro strives to solve and swashbuckle his way through the Dark Lord's castle to save the Princess.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dokuro holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2Duo, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. 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

Dokuro launched on 5 July 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

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Dokuro — frequently asked questions

When did Dokuro come out?
Dokuro was released on 5 July 2012 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dokuro?
At minimum, Dokuro needs Intel Core2Duo, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dokuro?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "200 MB available space" and the recommended line says "300 MB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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