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Dual Universe

Dual Universe is a Continuous Single-Shard sandbox MMORPG taking place in a vast Sci-Fi universe, focusing on emergent gameplay with player-driven in-game economy, politics, trade and warfare. Players can…

60 27 August 2020 ESRB RP

Dual Universe is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Novaquark, released 27 August 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dual Universe is

Dual Universe is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Novaquark and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unigine. It carries an ESRB RP age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dual Universe is a Continuous Single-Shard sandbox MMORPG taking place in a vast Sci-Fi universe, focusing on emergent gameplay with player-driven in-game economy, politics, trade and warfare. Players can freely modify the voxel-based universe by creating structures, spaceships or giant orbital stations, giving birth to empires and civilizations.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are open world, sandbox and science fiction. There are 81 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dual Universe holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 6500 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz), 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. 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

Dual Universe launched on 27 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Factorio. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Factorio.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Dual Universe — frequently asked questions

When did Dual Universe come out?
Dual Universe was released on 27 August 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dual Universe?
At minimum, Dual Universe needs Intel Core i5 6500 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz), 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics, 40 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dual Universe?
The PC version needs about 40 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("40 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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