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Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

Enter the world of PIXEL HEROES and prepare yourself for a thrilling RPG/Roguelike experience like you have never seen before! Explore a randomized world full of hilarious events, deadly dungeons and the…

80 6 February 2015 ESRB T

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is an adventure developed by The Bitfather, released 6 February 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android and iOS.

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What Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is an adventure game developed by The Bitfather and released in 2015. It was published by Headup Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Listen! The end is nigh!! Hear my words and prepare! An ancient cult has set foot in our lands! They call themselves -The Sons of Dawn- and pray to some dark elder god. They have started recruiting people for their cause all over the country. I fear that they want to try to awaken something which should be left sleeping. Something dangerous and sinister! Something that might destroy us all. Spend your last of days wisely..."
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 55 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 / Athlon64 or newer, 128 MB RAM and any graphic card with shader model 2. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic launched on 6 February 2015, within three weeks of Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light and Resident Evil HD Remaster. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light, Resident Evil HD Remaster.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — frequently asked questions

When did Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic come out?
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic was released on 6 February 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic?
At minimum, Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic needs Pentium 4 / Athlon64 or newer, 128 MB RAM, any graphic card with shader model 2 graphics, 78 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("78 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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