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Open Surge

Open Surge is a fun 2D retro platformer inspired by Sonic games and a game creation system that lets you unleash your creativity! Open Surge is two projects in one: a game and a game creation system (game…

25 September 2019

Open Surge is an arcade developed by Alexandre Martins, released 25 September 2019 on Android, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Open Surge is

Open Surge is an arcade game developed by Alexandre Martins and released in 2019. It is available on Android, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Open Surge.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Open Surge is a fun 2D retro platformer inspired by Sonic games and a game creation system that lets you unleash your creativity! Open Surge is two projects in one: a game and a game creation system (game engine). It is released as free and open source software.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Open Surge launched on 25 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Open Surge come out?
Open Surge was released on 25 September 2019 for Android, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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