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Runbow

Runbow is an action party game with a unique art style and a never-before seen colour mechanic that will keep you running back for more. Platforms and obstacles appear and disappear as the background colour…

74 27 August 2015

Runbow is an adventure developed by 13AM Games, released 27 August 2015 on New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Runbow is

Runbow is an adventure game developed by 13AM Games and released in 2015. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Runbow is a platform racing video game made for the Wii U and later ported to Microsoft Windows, New Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Runbow was developed by Canadian independent video game developer 13AM Games as their debut title, releasing it on 27 August 2015 in North America, 3 September 2015 in Europe, and 23 October 2015 in Australasia. The game was released in Japan on 25 November 2015.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 68 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Runbow holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support and DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Runbow launched on 27 August 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Runbow — frequently asked questions

When did Runbow come out?
Runbow was released on 27 August 2015 for New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Runbow?
At minimum, Runbow needs SSE2 instruction set support, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities graphics, 1037 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Runbow?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1037 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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