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Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation

A fast moving, rogue-like 3D twin-stick shooter set on a tragicomic future world. Described as “the ultimate holiday, where nothing is as it seems”, Utopia 9 takes you to the worst possible vacation…

77 5 May 2016 ESRB T

Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation is an adventure, released 5 May 2016 on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation is

Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation was released in 2016. It was published by QubicGames S.A.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A fast moving, rogue-like 3D twin-stick shooter set on a tragicomic future world. Described as “the ultimate holiday, where nothing is as it seems”, Utopia 9 takes you to the worst possible vacation destination imaginable. Utopia 9 is the absolute definition of false advertising.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 62 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 512 MB Memory, ATI HD5650 or better.. At 1GB 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

Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation launched on 5 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Overwatch, Doom and DOOM (2016). All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Overwatch, Doom, DOOM (2016).

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation — frequently asked questions

When did Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation come out?
Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation was released on 5 May 2016 for Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation?
At minimum, Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation needs 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 512 MB Memory, ATI HD5650 or better. graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Utopia 9: A Volatile Vacation?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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