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Rasternauts

A pixel perfect way of life is under threat when a scientific experiment gone wrong uncovers a new dimension composed entirely of vectors! Run, jump and shoot your way through the enemy landscape to save your…

16 April 2014

Rasternauts is an arcade developed by Mostly Fictional, released 16 April 2014 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rasternauts is

Rasternauts is an arcade game developed by Mostly Fictional and released in 2014. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A pixel perfect way of life is under threat when a scientific experiment gone wrong uncovers a new dimension composed entirely of vectors! Run, jump and shoot your way through the enemy landscape to save your bitmapped buddies, hold back the vector invasion, and save all of raster kind!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Rasternauts launched on 16 April 2014, within three weeks of Child of Light, Monument Valley, The Elder Scrolls Online and FTL: Advanced Edition.

Released around the same time: Child of Light, Monument Valley, The Elder Scrolls Online, FTL: Advanced Edition.

Official trailer

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When did Rasternauts come out?
Rasternauts was released on 16 April 2014 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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