Headlander is an adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released 25 July 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Headlander is
Headlander is an adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2016. It was published by Adult Swim Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Buddha.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
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. There are 31 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Headlander holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core 2 GHz, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 550 Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7750. 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 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Headlander launched on 25 July 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked! and Starbound. 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: No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked!, Starbound.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Headlander yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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