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Space Rift

Be part of the action! SPACE RIFT is the first part of a breathtaking action space adventure with a captivating story specifically designed for Virtual Reality! Experience the excitement of flying through the…

53 2 August 2016

Space Rift is an adventure developed by Vibrant Core, released 2 August 2016 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Space Rift is

Space Rift is an adventure game developed by Vibrant Core and released in 2016. It was published by bitComposer Games. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After a devastating meteor shower passed through our solar system, Earth has turned into a desert wasteland. Humanity was forced to relocate to Mars, where they live under strict rulership by the organizations WEYSS and PANDORA. While the corporate giants enjoy life on their luxurious mothership, the large majority of survivors lead a miserable existence in slavery on the surface. Many are forced to mine ores and minerals from asteroids in space. You take on the role of Casey Black, who has been slugging along as a pilot for WEYSS, but ends up labeled a traitor by a computer error. His only chance at survival is joining the rebels on Anoxia Station, who are working on the S.E.E.D - a…
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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.

How it was received

Space Rift holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Space Rift launched on 2 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu and Overcooked!. All of them reviewed better. 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: No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu, Overcooked!.

Official trailer

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When did Space Rift come out?
Space Rift was released on 2 August 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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