Akka Arrh (2023) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Akka Arrh

A cascade of words, colors, shapes, and sounds flows around your turret as you desperately fight off swarms of incoming attackers. If enemies penetrate your perimeter, you must approach the combat at close…

81 21 February 2023

What Akka Arrh is

Akka Arrh is an arcade game developed by Llamasoft LTD and released in 2023. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A cascade of words, colors, shapes, and sounds flows around your turret as you desperately fight off swarms of incoming attackers. If enemies penetrate your perimeter, you must approach the combat at close range and defeat them, adjusting to a completely different perspective in the blink of an eye. Welcome to Akka Arrh by Jeff Minter. This modern take from the excellent developers at Llamasoft combines the intrigue of an incredibly rare Atari arcade prototype with a unique creative vision that delivers incredibly addictive shooter gameplay. Akka Arrh is dripping with Minter's sense of humor, love of psychedelic color, and the ability to create games that are a joy to play.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

How it was received

Akka Arrh holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Akka Arrh launched on 21 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered and Octopath Traveler II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered, Octopath Traveler II.

Cheats and codes

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