Primordia
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing…
Primordia is an adventure developed by Wormwood Studios, released 5 December 2012 on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 7.8 hrs to finish.
What Primordia is
Primordia is an adventure game developed by Wormwood Studios and released in 2012. It was published by Wadjet Eye Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Primordia is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game developed by Wormwood Studios and published in 2012 by Wadjet Eye Games. In 2016, Primordia was released on iOS devices. On March 2, 2022, the game was released on Nintendo Switch.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Primordia holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Players rate it 75, 10 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14.2 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium or higher processor, 2 GB of RAM and DirectX 5 or above compatibility. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Primordia launched on 5 December 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Game Dev Tycoon, Hitman: Absolution and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Game Dev Tycoon, Hitman: Absolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Primordia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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