Black the Fall
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Black the Fall is an adventure developed by Sand Sailor Studio, released 11 July 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.
What Black the Fall is
Black the Fall is an adventure game developed by Sand Sailor Studio and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, historical, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Black the Fall holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo E8400, 3.0 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 940, 3.0 GHz, 3 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1 GB / Radeon R7 250, 1 GB. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Black the Fall launched on 11 July 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Splatoon 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Splatoon 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Black the Fall yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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