Riot: Civil Unrest is an indie developed by IV Productions, released 6 February 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.
What Riot: Civil Unrest is
Riot: Civil Unrest is an indie game developed by IV Productions and released in 2019. It was published by Merge Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as Riot – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world's most fractious disputes.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Riot: Civil Unrest holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Riot: Civil Unrest launched on 6 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III and Anthem. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Anthem.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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