Inside is an adventure developed by Playdead, released 29 June 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS. The main story takes about 3.5 hrs to finish.
What Inside is
Inside is an adventure game developed by Playdead and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a hostile, dystopian world, a young boy flees through a forest pursued by masked guards with flashlights, vehicles, and attack dogs. Escaping the patrols, he crosses into farmland overrun by parasitic worms and rampaging animals, then reaches a seemingly abandoned city where lines of zombie-like people are moved through mind control. Using a mind-control helmet, the boy manipulates these drone-like figures to press deeper into a vast underground facility of flooded chambers and laboratories, where scientists conduct disturbing underwater experiments on human bodies. An underwater creature attaches a device to the boy, allowing him to breathe beneath the surface as he pushes further into…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Inside holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 1,682 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 4.9 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GT 630 / 650m, AMD Radeon HD6570 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 3GB. 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
Inside launched on 29 June 2016, within three weeks of VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Furi, Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma and Pokémon Go. It reviewed better than all of them. 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: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Furi, Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, Pokémon Go.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Inside yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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