Gryphon Knight Epic (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Gryphon Knight Epic

Gryphon Knight Epic is a 2D Medieval Shoot’em up that mixes elements from classical shoot’em ups, exploration and duel-like boss battles, it tells the story of Sir Oliver and Aquila, an accomplished knight and…

59 20 August 2015

What Gryphon Knight Epic is

Gryphon Knight Epic is an indie game developed by Cyber Rhino Studios and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gryphon Knight Epic is a 2D Medieval Shoot’em up that mixes elements from classical shoot’em ups, exploration and duel-like boss battles, it tells the story of Sir Oliver and Aquila, an accomplished knight and his loyal gryphon that are forced back to adventure once again!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 70 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Gryphon Knight Epic holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.2ghz, 2 GB RAM and 800x600 minimum resolution and 128MB of vram. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Gryphon Knight Epic launched on 20 August 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Until Dawn, Mad Max and Super Mario Maker. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Until Dawn, Mad Max, Super Mario Maker.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →

Gryphon Knight Epic — frequently asked questions

When did Gryphon Knight Epic come out?

Gryphon Knight Epic was released on 20 August 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Gryphon Knight Epic?

At minimum, Gryphon Knight Epic needs 1.2ghz, 2 GB RAM, 800x600 minimum resolution and 128MB of vram graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Gryphon Knight Epic?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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