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Subterrain

Subterrain is uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to…

67 21 January 2016 ESRB M

Subterrain is an adventure developed by PixelLore, released 21 January 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Subterrain is

Subterrain is an adventure game developed by PixelLore and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It took longer than it really should have but by 2050, humanity has finally colonized Mars. The leader of the effort is an entrepreneur named Jeff Murray. Rather than living on the surface of Mars, People have made their homes underground. The city and all its supporting facilities are buried deep down, safe from the inhospitable climate of the surface. Dr. West migrated to Mars recently at the personal invitation of Jeff Murray. Dr. West has been working on important research which he had hoped would lead to a cure for the Alzheimer's disease which has afflicted his wife. After an accident in his lab, West has been locked in prison for murder. In a cold, dark cell with no food or water…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 48 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Subterrain holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz or equivalent processor, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD graphics 4400 or better - Min resolution 1280x720. 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 1GB.

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What it launched against

Subterrain launched on 21 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Subterrain — frequently asked questions

When did Subterrain come out?
Subterrain was released on 21 January 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Subterrain?
At minimum, Subterrain needs Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz or equivalent processor, 4 GB RAM, Intel HD graphics 4400 or better - Min resolution 1280x720 graphics, 1200 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Subterrain?
The PC version needs about 1.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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