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Shakedown: Hawaii

Build a "legitimate" corporation via open world missions, shakedowns, sabotage and property acquisition.

80 7 May 2019

Shakedown: Hawaii is an adventure developed by Vblank Entertainment, released 7 May 2019 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Shakedown: Hawaii is

Shakedown: Hawaii is an adventure game developed by Vblank Entertainment and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shakedown: Hawaii is a 2019 open world action-adventure video game developed by Canadian studio Vblank Entertainment. Like its predecessor Retro City Rampage, it is a parody of multiple subjects, including retro games, 1980s pop culture, manipulative business practices, and Grand Theft Auto and similar games. It was originally released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Windows, followed by a Nintendo 3DS port. In 2020, it was ported both to a number of legacy consoles, including Wii, Wii U and PlayStation 3, both digitally and physically; Shakedown: Hawaii was the last official game release for those platforms. In addition, a physical version of the 3DS port was…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, business and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Shakedown: Hawaii 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 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0. At 0GB 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

Shakedown: Hawaii launched on 7 May 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds and Anno 1800. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds, Anno 1800.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Shakedown: Hawaii — frequently asked questions

When did Shakedown: Hawaii come out?
Shakedown: Hawaii was released on 7 May 2019 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Shakedown: Hawaii?
At minimum, Shakedown: Hawaii needs 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0 graphics, 150 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Shakedown: Hawaii?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("150 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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