Resonance cover art

Resonance

Resonance is a joint effort between Wadjet Eye and xii games. This is an old-school adventure game with an engaging story for all old-school fans.

80 19 June 2012

Resonance is an adventure developed by Wadjet Eye Games, released 19 June 2012 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Resonance is

Resonance is an adventure game developed by Wadjet Eye Games and released in 2012. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault. The suspicions they harbor, the memories they guard, the connections they share – all will converge as these four ordinary people work together to prevent a potentially cataclysmic disaster.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 38 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Resonance holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium or higher, 64 Mb RAM and Supports all DirectX-compatible video cards. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

Full requirements and PC checker →

What it launched against

Resonance launched on 19 June 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Spec Ops: The Line and Spelunky. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky.

Cheats and codes

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

Know one? Send it in and we will test it →

Official trailer

Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Resonance — frequently asked questions

When did Resonance come out?
Resonance was released on 19 June 2012 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Resonance?
At minimum, Resonance needs Pentium or higher, 64 Mb RAM, Supports all DirectX-compatible video cards graphics, 1G Free Space of storage.

If you like this

Games like Resonance

See all