Sokobond (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sokobond

Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and crafted with love and science.

82 27 August 2013

What Sokobond is

Sokobond is an arcade game developed by Draknek & Friends and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sokobond is a puzzle video game created by Alan Hazelden and Harry Lee. Gameplay involves moving atoms around 2D grids to form chemical compounds. The game was released on Linux, OS X, and Windows in August 2013. It was later released for Nintendo Switch in September 2021, and iOS and Android in May 2022. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 8 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Sokobond holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 512 MB RAM. 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

Sokobond launched on 27 August 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please and Rayman Legends. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends.

Cheats and codes

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Sokobond — frequently asked questions

When did Sokobond come out?

Sokobond was released on 27 August 2013 for Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Sokobond?

At minimum, Sokobond needs 512 MB RAM, 100 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Sokobond?

The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("100 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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