Thumper is an adventure developed by Drool, released 10 October 2016 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Thumper is
Thumper is an adventure game developed by Drool and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Thumper is a rhythm game developed and published by Drool and released in October 2016 on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, with optional virtual reality (VR) support for the Oculus, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR headsets. It was later released on the Nintendo Switch in May 2017, the Xbox One in August 2017, iOS in January 2018, Oculus Go in September 2018, Android in February 2019, Oculus Quest in May 2019, and Stadia in November 2019. The game was shown at the Experimental Game Workshop during the 2015 Game Developers Conference.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 19 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Thumper holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 104 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3, 4 GB RAM and nVidia GTX 480 / AMD Radeon 7870. 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. 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
Thumper launched on 10 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Thumper yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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