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Planets Under Attack

Planets under Attack offers a surprising depth of gameplay, while its intuitive controls allow even casual gamers to pick it up and feel comfortable immediately. In addition to the addicting gameplay, Planets…

80 4 August 2012 ESRB E

Planets Under Attack is an indie developed by Targem Games, released 4 August 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Planets Under Attack is

Planets Under Attack is an indie game developed by Targem Games and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Planets under Attack offers a surprising depth of gameplay, while its intuitive controls allow even casual gamers to pick it up and feel comfortable immediately. In addition to the addicting gameplay, Planets under Attack is an obvious labor of love.
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How it plays

Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 21 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Planets Under Attack holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz Single Core CPU, 512 MB RAM and Graphics card with Shader 3.0 support and 128 MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. 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

Planets Under Attack launched on 4 August 2012, within three weeks of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Planets Under Attack — frequently asked questions

When did Planets Under Attack come out?
Planets Under Attack was released on 4 August 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Planets Under Attack?
At minimum, Planets Under Attack needs 1.5 GHz Single Core CPU, 512 MB RAM, Graphics card with Shader 3.0 support and 128 MB RAM graphics, 300 MB HD space of storage.
How many GB is Planets Under Attack?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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