Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 11 June 2021 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 14.2 hrs to finish.
What Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2021. It was published by PlayStation Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
They've travelled through space. They've travelled through time. Now, they'll have to travel through dimensions as their galaxy seems to rip itself apart. Ratchet and Clank must save the universe - again.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ratchet & Clank series
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the 28th of 32 entries we hold in the Ratchet & Clank series. The next entry was Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Launch Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 91 is 15 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction at 92.
How it was received
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 329 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 18.5 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 75GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launched on 11 June 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Biomutant, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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