Obliteracers is an indie developed by Varkian Empire, released 23 February 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Obliteracers is
Obliteracers is an indie game developed by Varkian Empire and released in 2016. It was published by Deck13 Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Intergalactic party racing mayhem! Obliteracers is an award-winning same-screen party racer for up to 16 players. Race brutal-cute aliens on exotic planets, using weapon powerups and physics-based vehicles to annihilate your competition in frantic round-based combat. Connect spare gamepads, laptops and smart devices as extra controllers. Stragglers will be eliminated... only one alien shall prevail!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online. Local play supports 8 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Obliteracers holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Obliteracers launched on 23 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. 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: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
Official trailer
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