Hide and Shriek is an adventure developed by Funcom, released 25 October 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.
What Hide and Shriek is
Hide and Shriek is an adventure game developed by Funcom and released in 2016. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Scare or be scared in this fun Halloween multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hide and Shriek holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i5 processor or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Intel Iris HD5200 pro or equivalent. 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
Hide and Shriek 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.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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