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Rymdkapsel

Rymdkapsel is a slow, meditiative strategy game set in space. It builds upon the legacy of Martins earlier games by requiring minimal user input, but that doesn't make you a passenger. It's rather the opposite…

83 8 May 2013

Rymdkapsel is an indie developed by grapefrukt games, released 8 May 2013 on PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and Linux.

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What Rymdkapsel is

Rymdkapsel is an indie game developed by grapefrukt games and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rymdkapsel is a 2013 minimalist real-time strategy video game by indie developer Grapefrukt, the studio of Martin Jonasson. Players build a space station using tetromino pieces while managing resources and minions, defending against attacks, and extending the base towards four monoliths at the edges of the level. The game was built over a year and a half and was inspired by the base-building aspects of the Command & Conquer series. It was Jonasson's first full game as an indie developer. Rymdkapsel was released on May 7, 2013, for PlayStation Mobile, and was later ported to iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. Reviewers gave the game generally favorable reviews, where they…
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How it plays

Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Rymdkapsel holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM and OpenGL 1.4 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Rymdkapsel launched on 8 May 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Don't Starve. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Don't Starve.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Rymdkapsel — frequently asked questions

When did Rymdkapsel come out?
Rymdkapsel was released on 8 May 2013 for PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Rymdkapsel?
At minimum, Rymdkapsel needs 1.5 GHz Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM, OpenGL 1.4 or better graphics, 100 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Rymdkapsel?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("100 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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