Antichamber
Antichamber is a single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game. Many of the puzzles are based on phenomena that occur within the Impossible Objects created by the game engine, such as passages that…
Antichamber is an adventure developed by Alexander Bruce, released 31 January 2013 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6.2 hrs to finish.
What Antichamber is
Antichamber is an adventure game developed by Alexander Bruce and released in 2013. It was published by Demruth. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Antichamber is a first-person puzzle-platform game created by Australian developer Alexander "Demruth" Bruce. Many of the puzzles are based on phenomena that occur within impossible objects created by the game engine, such as passages that lead the player to different locations depending on which way they face, and structures that seem otherwise impossible within normal three-dimensional space. The game includes elements of psychological exploration through brief messages of advice to help the player figure out solutions to the puzzles as well as adages for real life. The game was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on January 31, 2013. A version originally sold with the Humble Indie…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Antichamber holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 214 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8.2 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0+ GHz or better (dual core recommended), 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA 8000 series or higher (Shader Model 3 Compatible). At 2GB 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.
What it launched against
Antichamber launched on 31 January 2013, within three weeks of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, DmC: Devil May Cry, Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, DmC: Devil May Cry, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Antichamber yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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