Blade Runner
Blade Runner is an adventure game with an emphasis on detective work rather than on puzzles. There are very few "real" puzzles in the game, and the gameplay mainly consists of questioning suspects, gathering…
Blade Runner is an adventure developed by Westwood Studios, released 14 November 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.68 at GameBillet. The main story takes about 5.5 hrs to finish.
What Blade Runner is
Blade Runner is an adventure game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1997. It was published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on ScummVM.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Based in the same time period as the 1982 movie of the same name, the story revolves around Ray McCoy's search for replicants.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Blade Runner series
Blade Runner is the second of 7 entries we hold in the Blade Runner series. It arrived 12 years after Blade Runner. The next entry was Blade Runner 2049: Replicant Pursuit in 2017.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.68, that works out to about $0.31 per hour of the main story, or $0.42 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel or AMD Dual-Core at 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and GPU with DirectX 11 or Vulkan 1.1 support. 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 10GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.68 at GameBillet, 83% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Blade Runner launched on 14 November 1997, within three weeks of NFL Blitz, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II.
Released around the same time: NFL Blitz, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
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