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The House of Da Vinci

Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all…

88 22 June 2017

The House of Da Vinci is an adventure developed by Blue Brain Games, released 22 June 2017 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What The House of Da Vinci is

The House of Da Vinci is an adventure game developed by Blue Brain Games and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in Florence, Italy during the height of the Renaissance, the story casts the player as a devoted apprentice to the legendary inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci. When the great master mysteriously vanishes, the apprentice begins searching for him, starting within the walls of Da Vinci's own house. Room by room, they must unravel an intricate web of ingenious mechanical contraptions and physics-based puzzles, reverse engineering the genius's inventions to uncover clues about where he has gone. Along the way, the apprentice discovers two extraordinary lenses granting supernatural sight: one reveals hidden codes and secrets concealed in plain view, while the other peers into the past to…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are historical, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 6 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The House of Da Vinci holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 7.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor, 2 GB RAM and Video card with 1024MB of VRAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.

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What it launched against

The House of Da Vinci launched on 22 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The House of Da Vinci — frequently asked questions

When did The House of Da Vinci come out?
The House of Da Vinci was released on 22 June 2017 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The House of Da Vinci?
At minimum, The House of Da Vinci needs 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor, 2 GB RAM, Video card with 1024MB of VRAM graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is The House of Da Vinci?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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