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Chime Sharp

Place pieces, paint the board, make music. Chime Sharp is an sequel to 2009's Chime, a music puzzle game with an addictive, ambient heartbeat. You tessellate shapes to cover a grid, while a beatline reads…

86 4 October 2015

Chime Sharp is an arcade developed by Chilled Mouse, released 4 October 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

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What Chime Sharp is

Chime Sharp is an arcade game developed by Chilled Mouse and released in 2015. 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

Chime is a 2010 music and puzzle video game developed by Zoë Mode, released initially on the Xbox Live Arcade service, and later for Windows. An extended version of the game, called Chime Super Deluxe, was released on the PlayStation Network in March 2011. Chime is the first title released by the non-profit video game publisher OneBigGame.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 17 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Chime Sharp holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core, Intel Core i5 (3rd generation Ivy Bridge)+, 4 GB RAM and GeForce 200 series+. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Chime Sharp launched on 4 October 2015, within three weeks of Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone and Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Chime Sharp yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Chime Sharp — frequently asked questions

When did Chime Sharp come out?
Chime Sharp was released on 4 October 2015 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Chime Sharp?
At minimum, Chime Sharp needs Dual Core, Intel Core i5 (3rd generation Ivy Bridge)+, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 200 series+ graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Chime Sharp?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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