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Smite

Smite is the online battleground of the gods. Players choose from a diverse cast of deities and use their unique powers to triumph over the opposition in 5v5 team matches. Smite is a new take on the MOBA…

78 25 March 2014 Free to play

Smite is an adventure developed by Titan Forge Games, released 25 March 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. It is free to play.

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What Smite is

Smite is an adventure game developed by Titan Forge Games and released in 2014. It was published by Hi-Rez Studios. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Smite is a 2014 free-to-play third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna. In Smite, players control a god, goddess or other mythological figure and take part in team-based combat, using their abilities and tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player-controlled minions. In most gamemodes, victory is achieved by slaying the opposing team's titan before losing their own.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 10 players online. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer. There are 319 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Smite holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 208 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Smite launched on 25 March 2014, within three weeks of Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and Titanfall. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Titanfall.

Cheats and codes

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

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Official trailer

Teaser thumbnail

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Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Quick answers

Smite — frequently asked questions

When did Smite come out?
Smite was released on 25 March 2014 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is Smite free?
Yes — Smite is free to play.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Smite?
At minimum, Smite needs Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT graphics, 30 GB available space of storage.
Does Smite have multiplayer?
Yes. Smite supports multiplayer for up to 10 players online.
How many GB is Smite?
The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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