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Halloween Forever

Something mysterious is happening in the pumpkin patch this Halloween! You control Pumpkin Man, a humanoid pumpkin thing animated by occult forces on a quest to discover why things are so creepy. And you vomit…

83 25 October 2016

Halloween Forever is an adventure developed by Imaginary Monsters, released 25 October 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Halloween Forever is

Halloween Forever is an adventure game developed by Imaginary Monsters and released in 2016. It was published by Poppy Works. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 38 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Halloween Forever holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM and 128 MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Halloween Forever launched on 25 October 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Halloween Forever — frequently asked questions

When did Halloween Forever come out?
Halloween Forever was released on 25 October 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Halloween Forever?
At minimum, Halloween Forever needs 2 GB RAM, 128 MB graphics, 10 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Halloween Forever?
The PC version needs about 0 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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