Moebius: Empire Rising

The first in an all-new series of paranormal mystery adventures from award-winning game designer Jane Jensen, creator of the bestselling Gabriel Knight series and Gray Matter. Step into the shoes of Malachi…

50 15 April 2014

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Thriller

Moebius: Empire Rising is an adventure developed by Phoenix Online Studios, released 15 April 2014 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 13.2 hrs to finish.

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What Moebius: Empire Rising is

Moebius: Empire Rising is an adventure game developed by Phoenix Online Studios and released in 2014. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game tells the story of Malachi Rector, an antique dealer who travels the world hunting down artifacts. After his upscale Manhattan store is destroyed in a fire, he's hired by billionaire Amble Dexter to investigate a series of events and document them in his meticulous way. The first event is the death of a young woman in Venice, found hanging from a bridge. As Rector investigates her life, he realizes that the beautiful and talented young woman—and the interrupted path of her life—had great hidden significance: Amble Dexter and his associates are playing with the fabric of life in a way Rector never imagined was possible. Even he, Rector himself, is part of a larger pattern. He must…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Moebius: Empire Rising holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 13.2 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and ATI or NVidia with 512 MB RAM**. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. 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

Moebius: Empire Rising launched on 15 April 2014, within three weeks of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Child of Light, Monument Valley and The Elder Scrolls Online. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Child of Light, Monument Valley, The Elder Scrolls Online.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Moebius: Empire Rising gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Moebius: Empire Rising — frequently asked questions

When did Moebius: Empire Rising come out?

Moebius: Empire Rising was released on 15 April 2014 for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Moebius: Empire Rising?

At minimum, Moebius: Empire Rising needs 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, ATI or NVidia with 512 MB RAM** graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Moebius: Empire Rising?

The main story of Moebius: Empire Rising takes around 13.2 hrs.

How many GB is Moebius: Empire Rising?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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