MainFrames

MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy…

85 6 March 2025

Adventure Indie Platform Puzzle Action

MainFrames is an adventure, released 6 March 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What MainFrames is

MainFrames was released in 2025. It was published by The Arcade Crew. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy outing!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

MainFrames holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6570, 1 GB. 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 2GB.

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What it launched against

MainFrames launched on 6 March 2025, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MainFrames yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →

Screenshots

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Quick answers

MainFrames — frequently asked questions

When did MainFrames come out?

MainFrames was released on 6 March 2025 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for MainFrames?

At minimum, MainFrames needs Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 320, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6570, 1 GB graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is MainFrames?

The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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