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Jupiter Hell

Jupiter Hell is a classic turn-based roguelike set in a 90's flavored sci-fi universe. Rip and tear zombies, demons and unmentionable monstrosities, using shotguns, chainguns and the trusty chainsaw, to the…

90 5 August 2021

Jupiter Hell is an arcade developed by ChaosForge, released 5 August 2021 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Jupiter Hell is

Jupiter Hell is an arcade game developed by ChaosForge and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jupiter Hell is a roguelike video game developed by ChaosForge and published in 2021 by Hyperstrange. It is a spiritual successor to DRL and adapts first-person shooter gameplay to a tactical roguelike.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 26 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Jupiter Hell holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 8 GB RAM and OpenGL 4.3+ compatible, 2 GB VRAM. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 2GB. 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

Jupiter Hell launched on 5 August 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes and The Forgotten City. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes, The Forgotten City.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Jupiter Hell 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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Quick answers

Jupiter Hell — frequently asked questions

When did Jupiter Hell come out?
Jupiter Hell was released on 5 August 2021 for Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Jupiter Hell?
At minimum, Jupiter Hell needs 8 GB RAM, OpenGL 4.3+ compatible, 2 GB VRAM graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Jupiter Hell?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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