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Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition

While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon…

65 13 May 2015 ESRB T

Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition is an adventure developed by Serenity Forge, released 13 May 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

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What Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition is

Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition is an adventure game developed by Serenity Forge and released in 2015. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 4. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon... Lifeless Planet is a third-person action-adventure that features an old-school sci-fi story and spectacular environments in the spirit of classic action-adventures. After a hard landing on the planet, the astronaut discovers the planet that was reported to be rich with life is instead a barren wasteland. When he goes searching for his crew, he makes a more startling discovery: evidence that humans have already been to this planet years ago! When he comes upon a deserted Soviet-era Russian…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent, 1500 MB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 or ATI equivalent. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. 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

Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition launched on 13 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. 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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.

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Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition — frequently asked questions

When did Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition come out?
Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition was released on 13 May 2015 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition?
At minimum, Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition needs Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent, 1500 MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 or ATI equivalent graphics, 900 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition?
The PC version needs about 0.9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("900 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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