SphereFace (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

SphereFace

SphereFace is a retro-styled 3D vector shooter, wrapped around the inside of a sphere. An unashamedly abstract shooter that ranges from slow, strategic sniping to frantic rock-dodging action, with roguelike…

75 19 May 2017

What SphereFace is

SphereFace is an arcade game developed by VoxelStorm and released in 2017. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Custom Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

SphereFace is a retro-styled 3D vector shooter, wrapped around the inside of a sphere. An unashamedly abstract shooter that ranges from slow, strategic sniping to frantic rock-dodging action, with roguelike elements of exploration, progression, discovery and permadeath.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 115 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

SphereFace holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 53% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 12 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 100 hrs, roughly 8.3 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Anything at all, 1 GB RAM and OpenGL 2.1, 64MB graphics memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. 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

SphereFace launched on 19 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Injustice 2 and Little Nightmares. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Injustice 2, Little Nightmares.

SphereFace — frequently asked questions

When did SphereFace come out?

SphereFace was released on 19 May 2017 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for SphereFace?

At minimum, SphereFace needs Anything at all, 1 GB RAM, OpenGL 2.1, 64MB graphics memory graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat SphereFace?

The main story of SphereFace takes around 12 hrs, or 100 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is SphereFace?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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