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Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier

The game allows you to follow and interact with a new group of characters. The tale is a new one set in the North American Rocky Mountains during the timeline between ‘Dawn of Planet of the Apes’ and ‘War for…

58 24 August 2017 ESRB M

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier is an adventure developed by Imaginati Studios, released 24 August 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier is

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier is an adventure game developed by Imaginati Studios and released in 2017. It was published by FoxNext Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game allows you to follow and interact with a new group of characters. The tale is a new one set in the North American Rocky Mountains during the timeline between ‘Dawn of Planet of the Apes’ and ‘War for Planet of the Apes.’ Explore your own morals and ethics as you drive the fortunes of an ape troop and band of human survivors. Your decisions will have real consequences as these two worlds collide amidst a stunning backdrop. Are You Ready to Choose?
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How it plays

Its themes are action, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Planet of the Apes series

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier is the third of 4 entries we hold in the Planet of the Apes series. It arrived 16 years after Planet of the Apes. The next entry was Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR in 2018. Its critic score of 58 is 10 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Planet of the Apes at 85.

See all 4 Planet of the Apes games in release order →

How it was received

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium G3250 (2 * 3200) or equivalent/AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (4*2500) or equivalent, 4096 MB RAM and GeForce GTX 640 (2048 MB)/Radeon HD 6750 (1024 MB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 22GB. 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

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier launched on 24 August 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier — frequently asked questions

When did Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier come out?
Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier was released on 24 August 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier?
At minimum, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier needs Intel Pentium G3250 (2 * 3200) or equivalent/AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (4*2500) or equivalent, 4096 MB RAM, GeForce GTX 640 (2048 MB)/Radeon HD 6750 (1024 MB) graphics, 22 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier?
The PC version needs about 22 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("22 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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