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Element

Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while…

27 July 2018

Element is an arcade developed by Flightless, released 27 July 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux.

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What Element is

Element is an arcade game developed by Flightless and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
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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.

What it launched against

Element launched on 27 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. 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: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Element come out?
Element was released on 27 July 2018 for Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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