Maneater
You were cut from your mother's body and left to die in the unforgiving waters of the Gulf Coast. Your only tools are your wits, your jaws, and an uncanny ability to evolve as you feed. Anything and everything…
Maneater is an adventure developed by Blindside Interactive, released 22 May 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $8.00 at GamersGate. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Maneater is
Maneater is an adventure game developed by Blindside Interactive and released in 2020. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a terrifying shark! Maneater is a single player, open world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where you are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. To do this you will explore a large and varied open world encountering diverse enemies - both human and wildlife. Find the right resources and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. This is fortunate, because to get revenge on the cruel fisherman that dismembered you will take evolving into a massive shark, an apex predator…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Maneater holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 121 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $8.00, that works out to about $1.14 per hour of the main story, or $0.67 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-5300u, 8 GB RAM and Intel HD 5500. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.00 at GamersGate, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Maneater launched on 22 May 2020, within three weeks of Valorant, Deep Rock Galactic, Tetris Effect: Connected and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Valorant, Deep Rock Galactic, Tetris Effect: Connected, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Maneater yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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