Induction (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Induction

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect. Across more than 50 meticulously designed puzzles, you…

75 7 February 2017

What Induction is

Induction is an indie game developed by Bryan Gale and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect. Across more than 50 meticulously designed puzzles, you must explore the counter-intuitive possibilities time travel permits. You will learn to choreograph your actions across multiple timelines, and to construct seemingly impossible solutions, such as paradoxical time loops, where the future depends on the past and the past depends on the future. Each puzzle is crafted to reveal a unique aspect of the game’s elegant yet exacting internal logic, gently guiding you into realising the potential of your powers. Induction does not pander, but…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 6 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Induction holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM. 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

Induction launched on 7 February 2017, within three weeks of Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.

Induction — frequently asked questions

When did Induction come out?

Induction was released on 7 February 2017 for Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Induction?

At minimum, Induction needs 2 GB RAM, 300 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Induction?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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