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Picket Line

Picket Line is a casual single-player tower defense game that tells the story of a factory strike in 20th century Europe. Players act as the Union by controlling the workers who form a picket line. The goal of…

5 September 2023

Picket Line is an adventure developed by Quarc Games, released 5 September 2023 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Picket Line is

Picket Line is an adventure game developed by Quarc Games and released in 2023. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Picket Line is a casual single-player tower defense game that tells the story of a factory strike in 20th century Europe. Players act as the Union by controlling the workers who form a picket line. The goal of the game is to block any potential workers who want to enter the factory to keep it working (popularly known as Scabs), and to hold the strike long enough until the factory gives up and accepts the Union's terms.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Picket Line launched on 5 September 2023, within three weeks of Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P and Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition.

Released around the same time: Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition.

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When did Picket Line come out?
Picket Line was released on 5 September 2023 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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