Cycle 28 is an arcade developed by Pill Bug Interactive, released 9 March 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Cycle 28 is
Cycle 28 is an arcade game developed by Pill Bug Interactive and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You think Cycle 28 is a 2D space shooter in the classic arcade style, where only your score matters. The controls are simple. The action is fast-paced. Insane dogfights lead to epic, screen-filling bosses. But the truth is: You don’t know what Cycle 28 is. Not yet.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Cycle 28 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Cycle 28 launched on 9 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Into the Breach. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Into the Breach.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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