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1971 Project Helios

1971 Project Heliosis a turn-based strategy game which combines modern warfare military tactics and close combat. Firearms and vehicles are scarce, conflicts and hostilities have no end, and the terrible…

9 June 2020

1971 Project Helios is an indie developed by Recotechnology, released 9 June 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What 1971 Project Helios is

1971 Project Helios is an indie game developed by Recotechnology and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

1971 Project Heliosis a turn-based strategy game which combines modern warfare military tactics and close combat. Firearms and vehicles are scarce, conflicts and hostilities have no end, and the terrible freezing cold annihilates friends and foes in its path.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

1971 Project Helios launched on 9 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant and Desperados III. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant, Desperados III.

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When did 1971 Project Helios come out?
1971 Project Helios was released on 9 June 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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