Snake Pass
Welcome to Snake Pass; a physical action-puzzle game that sees the player slither, curl and climb their way through increasingly challenging worlds filled with evermore intricate obstacles and fiendishly…
Snake Pass is an adventure developed by Sumo Digital, released 28 March 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Snake Pass is
Snake Pass is an adventure game developed by Sumo Digital and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the lush jungle world of Haven Tor, a bright and curious hummingbird named Doodle makes a troubling discovery: a mysterious intruder has been stealing the Keystones, the magical gems that allow travel through the gates linking the land's many realms. Alarmed, Doodle rushes to wake her steadfast companion, a coral snake named Noodle, and together the unlikely duo set off to track down the thief and restore order to their home. Their journey carries them through vibrant realms themed around jungle, water, lava, and wind, winding ever upward toward the summit of Haven Tor. Along the way, the pair catch fleeting glimpses of a large flying figure and scattered black feathers, hints of the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Snake Pass holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 70 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.22 per hour of the main story, or $0.17 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-750 2.68Ghz / AMD II x4 945 3.0Ghz or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 560 2GB/AMD Radeon 6870 HD 2GB or equivalent (Integrated graphics not supported). 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 5GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price. Across the 4 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $4.00 — a spread of $2.01 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Snake Pass launched on 28 March 2017, within three weeks of Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. 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: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Snake Pass yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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