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Area 86

Area 86 is a smooth physics-based puzzle and exploration game set in space. Control your robot in an interactive environment. Find, combine, activate, pick up and throw different objects to solve puzzles.

15 April 2020

Area 86 is an adventure developed by SimDevs, released 15 April 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Area 86 is

Area 86 is an adventure game developed by SimDevs and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Area 86 is a smooth physics-based puzzle and exploration game set in space. Control your robot in an interactive environment. Find, combine, activate, pick up and throw different objects to solve puzzles.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Area 86 launched on 15 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Persona 5 Royal, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Resident Evil 3. It arrived 7 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Persona 5 Royal, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Resident Evil 3.

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When did Area 86 come out?
Area 86 was released on 15 April 2020 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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