Mass Effect: Andromeda
A new adventure awaits in the Mass Effect universe. With stunning visuals and a new galaxy to discover, BioWare delivers the next generation of space exploration. Commander Shepard's story may be over, but…
Mass Effect: Andromeda is an adventure developed by BioWare Montréal, released 21 March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $39.99 at Epic Games Store. The main story takes about 42.3 hrs to finish.
What Mass Effect: Andromeda is
Mass Effect: Andromeda is an adventure game developed by BioWare Montréal and released in 2017. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite 3. It carries an ESRB M (Mature 17+) age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mass Effect: Andromeda starts around 2185, as the Andromeda Initiative embarked on an ambitious goal to settle the Andromeda galaxy by traveling in large vessels known as arks. A coalition of Milky Way races — which includes humans, asari, turians, salarians and the krogan — participates in this 600-year expedition and placed in cryostasis to ensure that they do not age during the trip. Prior to the journey, the Initiative had identified 'golden worlds' in Andromeda's Heleus cluster, locations that are deemed highly viable for habitation. Each ark consists of a team that are led by a Pathfinder who is tasked to explore and ensure these worlds or any other potential locations are hospitable…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 55 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Mass Effect series
Mass Effect: Andromeda is the 41st of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect: Andromeda - Deluxe Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 73 is 3 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Mass Effect 2 at 96.
How it was received
Mass Effect: Andromeda holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 557 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 42.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 133 hrs, roughly 3.1 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $39.99, that works out to about $0.95 per hour of the main story, or $0.30 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 55GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $39.99 at Epic Games Store. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹2,199.00 (about $23.13), while United Kingdom pays £34.99 — 2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 40 on Steam, which is about $39.99.
What it launched against
Mass Effect: Andromeda launched on 21 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mass Effect: Andromeda yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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