Osmos is an arcade developed by Hemisphere Games, released 18 August 2009 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 7.2 hrs to finish.
What Osmos is
Osmos is an arcade game developed by Hemisphere Games and released in 2009. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Osmos is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Canadian developer Hemisphere Games for various systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, OnLive, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. It was designed by Eddy Boxerman, founder of Hemisphere and a former developer at Ubisoft Montreal.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Osmos holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card with OpenGL support. Minimum resolution 800x600. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Osmos launched on 18 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy and Colin McRae: Dirt 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Colin McRae: Dirt 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Osmos yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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