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Way of the Passive Fist

Way of the Passive Fist is a unique and colorful arcade brawler. Parry, Dodge and Dash to outwit and outlast your enemies on a desolate planet ruled by raiders, mutants and fanatical sun worshipers. It's a new…

70 6 March 2018 ESRB T

Way of the Passive Fist is an arcade developed by Household Games, released 6 March 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

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What Way of the Passive Fist is

Way of the Passive Fist is an arcade game developed by Household Games and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Way of the Passive Fist is a unique and colorful arcade brawler. Parry, Dodge and Dash to outwit and outlast your enemies on a desolate planet ruled by raiders, mutants and fanatical sun worshipers. It's a new kind of tactical fighting in the licensed arcade brawler for the 90s cartoon you wish existed.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Way of the Passive Fist holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 Ghz dual-core or better, 1 GB RAM and Geforce 8800 GTX / Radeon HD 2900 XT or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Way of the Passive Fist launched on 6 March 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves and A Way Out. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Way of the Passive Fist — frequently asked questions

When did Way of the Passive Fist come out?
Way of the Passive Fist was released on 6 March 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Way of the Passive Fist?
At minimum, Way of the Passive Fist needs 2.0 Ghz dual-core or better, 1 GB RAM, Geforce 8800 GTX / Radeon HD 2900 XT or better graphics, 120 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Way of the Passive Fist?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("120 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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