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Prime Mover

"Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards. Work your way from transistor to processor, uncover the story of the Byte of Burden!" "In this open-ended puzzle game, you build…

21 May 2018

Prime Mover is an indie developed by 4Bit Games, released 21 May 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Prime Mover is

Prime Mover is an indie game developed by 4Bit Games and released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GameMaker Studio 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards. Work your way from transistor to processor, uncover the story of the Byte of Burden!" "In this open-ended puzzle game, you build circuit boards to solve a wide variety of logic and computer science inspired problems. Compare the speed and efficiency of your unique solutions with your friends and the world. Work your way from transistor to processor, uncover the story of the Byte of Burden!"
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Prime Mover launched on 21 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Official trailer

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When did Prime Mover come out?
Prime Mover was released on 21 May 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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