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Raiders of the Broken Planet

The game is being released as set of standalone campaigns that can be played in any order. The Prologue is the base of the game, which contains 2 full missions, and will be permanently free on the games…

70 22 September 2017

Raiders of the Broken Planet is an adventure developed by MercurySteam, released 22 September 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Raiders of the Broken Planet is

Raiders of the Broken Planet is an adventure game developed by MercurySteam and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

"An incredible discovery on one of Saturn’s moons leads a force of humans to a broken planet on the far reaches of the universe. A source of energy called Aleph exists there that grants ultimate power to who ever controls it... However, after becoming trapped on the planet, the human forces split into factions and fight amongst themselves for supremacy and dominion over the Aleph. The peaceful inhabitants of the planet decide enough is enough and a hero emerges amongst them who hopes to lead his people to freedom... Using nefarious means and exploiting the disunity amongst the human ranks, Harec recruits a rag tag group of rogues, outlaws and hired guns from the various factions and pits…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 5 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Raiders of the Broken Planet holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Raiders of the Broken Planet launched on 22 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. 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, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Raiders of the Broken Planet — frequently asked questions

When did Raiders of the Broken Planet come out?
Raiders of the Broken Planet was released on 22 September 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Does Raiders of the Broken Planet have multiplayer?
Yes. Raiders of the Broken Planet supports multiplayer for up to 5 players online.

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