Semispheres (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Semispheres

Semispheres is a single-player stealth puzzler where you simultaneously control two characters in connected parallel realities. The game is a mix of mind-bending puzzles and motor coordination challenges…

78 14 February 2017

What Semispheres is

Semispheres is an indie game developed by Vivid Helix and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Semispheres is a single-player stealth puzzler where you simultaneously control two characters in connected parallel realities. The game is a mix of mind-bending puzzles and motor coordination challenges. Later levels introduce the co-op aspect of the game where the two sides need to work together (sometimes simultaneously) to progress.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Semispheres holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GB RAM and DX9 and above. 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

Semispheres launched on 14 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.

Semispheres — frequently asked questions

When did Semispheres come out?

Semispheres was released on 14 February 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Semispheres?

At minimum, Semispheres needs 1 GB RAM, DX9 and above graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Semispheres?

The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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