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Matterfall

Overcome an ever-expanding threat that might have already seeped too far into the core of humanity itself.

68 15 August 2017

Matterfall is an arcade developed by Housemarque, released 15 August 2017 on PlayStation 4.

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What Matterfall is

Matterfall is an arcade game developed by Housemarque and released in 2017. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Matterfall is a 2017 side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2017. It received mixed reviews from critics.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Matterfall holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Matterfall launched on 15 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

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Official trailer

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When did Matterfall come out?
Matterfall was released on 15 August 2017 for PlayStation 4.

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