Octahedron (2018) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Octahedron

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging psychedelic action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

83 20 March 2018

What Octahedron is

Octahedron is an indie game developed by Demimonde and released in 2018. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging psychedelic action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Octahedron holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Celeron E1500, 2.20 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2.20 GHz, 1 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS, 256 MB or AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT, 256 MB. 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

Octahedron launched on 20 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Into the Breach. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Into the Breach.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Octahedron yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Octahedron — frequently asked questions

When did Octahedron come out?

Octahedron was released on 20 March 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Octahedron?

At minimum, Octahedron needs Intel Celeron E1500, 2.20 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2.20 GHz, 1 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS, 256 MB or AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT, 256 MB graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Octahedron?

The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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