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Space Pirate Trainer

Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates on the HTC Vive. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.

80 5 April 2016

Space Pirate Trainer is an arcade developed by I-Illusions, released 5 April 2016 on Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and Meta Quest 2.

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What Space Pirate Trainer is

Space Pirate Trainer is an arcade game developed by I-Illusions and released in 2016. It is available on Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Space Pirate Trainer is a Virtual Reality (VR) first-person shooter developed and produced by I-Illusions. It was one of the earliest wave shooters utilizing the VR game-play environment. The game was released alongside the HTC Vive and featured in VR arcades. In 2018, it was also released digitally through the PlayStation Store.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Space Pirate Trainer holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for intel i5, 8 GB RAM and GTX 970. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 3GB. 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

Space Pirate Trainer launched on 5 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together and Quantum Break. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together, Quantum Break.

Cheats and codes

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

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Space Pirate Trainer — frequently asked questions

When did Space Pirate Trainer come out?
Space Pirate Trainer was released on 5 April 2016 for Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Space Pirate Trainer?
At minimum, Space Pirate Trainer needs intel i5, 8 GB RAM, GTX 970 graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Space Pirate Trainer?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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