Shape of the World is an adventure developed by Hollow Tree Games, released 5 June 2018 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Shape of the World is
Shape of the World is an adventure game developed by Hollow Tree Games and released in 2018. It was published by Plug In Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shape of the World is an ephemeral first-person exploration game where the world grows around you in a procedurally populated environment. Exploration is about intentionally getting lost and the joy of being found again. Your presence is the driving force behind the evolving environment as you establish permanent monuments to mark your way. Without your presence, will the forest still come alive? Shape of the World builds on the ideas of experiential games like Proteus and Flower where points and combat don’t enter the equation. An evolving world that grows with each step and hints at distant landmarks encourages the player to explore. Shape of the World offers a unique unfolding experience…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 26 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shape of the World holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3.0GHz CPU Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and Geforce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260X. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. 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
Shape of the World launched on 5 June 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shape of the World yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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