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Code Arcturus

Code Arcturus is a retro inspired arcade-style action platformer, with aliens, robots, spikes, explosions, and lots of coins. Blast your way through levels, compete for the fastest times on the leaderboards in…

31 August 2020

Code Arcturus is an arcade developed by Norbert Érsek, released 31 August 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Code Arcturus is

Code Arcturus is an arcade game developed by Norbert Érsek and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Code Arcturus is a retro inspired arcade-style action platformer, with aliens, robots, spikes, explosions, and lots of coins. Blast your way through levels, compete for the fastest times on the leaderboards in Speedrun mode, or put your skills to the ultimate test in Nerfed.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Code Arcturus launched on 31 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Factorio.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Factorio.

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When did Code Arcturus come out?
Code Arcturus was released on 31 August 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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