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Spuds Unearthed

Spuds Unearthed is an experimental combination of an action game and a real-time strategy. The game is distinguished by a polished setting, humor and a unique idea for the gameplay. Have you ever made a pump…

40 10 January 2019

Spuds Unearthed is an adventure developed by Gamedust, released 10 January 2019 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Oculus VR and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Spuds Unearthed is

Spuds Unearthed is an adventure game developed by Gamedust and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spuds Unearthed is an experimental combination of an action game and a real-time strategy. The game is distinguished by a polished setting, humor and a unique idea for the gameplay. Have you ever made a pump flamethrower, commanded the army of potatoes, and conquered the planets in VR? If your answer is no, it’s time to change this! Jump into Spud’s Universe where mayhem is never-ending! Use your strategic thinking to conquer planets, specialize your crew by assigning them different classes, create frontline by sending vehicles and robots, produce bizarre turrets with cranks, springs, and everything you can imagine!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Spuds Unearthed holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 29 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Spuds Unearthed launched on 10 January 2019, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. 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: Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

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When did Spuds Unearthed come out?
Spuds Unearthed was released on 10 January 2019 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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