Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, or Galactrix, is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service. The game…

71 24 February 2009

Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Science fiction

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is a puzzle developed by Infinite Interactive, released 24 February 2009 on Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix is a puzzle game developed by Infinite Interactive and released in 2009. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, or Galactrix, is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service. The game offers a full-featured campaign mode, online multiplayer for 2 to 4 players, and downloadable content, including ships, items, plans, planets, factions and missions.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 40% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core 2 @ 1.8 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 256 Mb (GeForce® 7 / Radeon® X800). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix launched on 24 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix — frequently asked questions

When did Puzzle Quest: Galactrix come out?

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix was released on 24 February 2009 for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix?

At minimum, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix needs Intel® Core 2 @ 1.8 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 256 Mb (GeForce® 7 / Radeon® X800) graphics, 300 MB Available HDD Space of storage.

How many GB is Puzzle Quest: Galactrix?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB Available HDD Space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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