Back in 1995 is an adventure developed by Throw the warped code out, released 28 April 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.
What Back in 1995 is
Back in 1995 is an adventure game developed by Throw the warped code out and released in 2016. It was published by Degica Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Back in 1995 holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 21 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Back in 1995 launched on 28 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016), Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
Official trailer
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