Polarity (2014) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Polarity

Polarity features the same type of polished gameplay found in games like Portal, but is made exclusively for experienced gamers. You’ll need clever wits and fast reflexes to beat the system’s security and…

70 1 March 2014

What Polarity is

Polarity is an adventure game developed by Fatpuppy Softworks and released in 2014. It was published by Bluebutton Games. It is available on Ouya and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Polarity features the same type of polished gameplay found in games like Portal, but is made exclusively for experienced gamers. You’ll need clever wits and fast reflexes to beat the system’s security and reach the world-changing prize buried deep inside.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Polarity holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9 compatible video card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it launched against

Polarity launched on 1 March 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Polarity yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Polarity — frequently asked questions

When did Polarity come out?

Polarity was released on 1 March 2014 for Ouya and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Polarity?

At minimum, Polarity needs 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9 compatible video card graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Polarity?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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