On Rusty Trails is an indie developed by Black Pants Game Studio, released 13 June 2016 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What On Rusty Trails is
On Rusty Trails is an indie game developed by Black Pants Game Studio and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"On Rusty Trails is a modern illustrative platformer which puts you into a world constantly reacting to your change in appearance. Recently, the rain has been going haywire. You are guy Elvis. Your house just dissolved into a pile of rust, and soon you will too! This is not how you planned to enjoy your future as a rate payer. Good thing, you suddenly get your hands on a Shifty Suit! Now it‘s super easy to incognito yourself and walk amongst suspicious hairy folk. Walk along, below and above iron cities, soggy jungles and flaming war zones. Swiftly zoom over any obstacle and switch form to avoid a rusty funeral…"
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
On Rusty Trails holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for CPU with SSE2 support required (Core 2 Duo, Athlon X2 or newer)., 2048 MB RAM and OpenGL 3.1 or higher required (Intel HD series, NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series, AMD Radeon HD series or newer). 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 2GB. 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 launched against
On Rusty Trails launched on 13 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Inside and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Inside, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for On Rusty Trails yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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