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Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now

Inspired by the Hotline Miami and Resident Evil series, Splatter is a top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against all kinds of monsters, gory splatter effects and…

70 4 June 2014

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now is an adventure developed by Dreamworlds, released 4 June 2014 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now is

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now is an adventure game developed by Dreamworlds and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Inspired by the Hotline Miami and Resident Evil series, Splatter is a top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against all kinds of monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 36 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2x 2GHz with SSE2, 2 GB RAM and SM3.0 GPU with 768MB memory, mobile/integrated GPUs might not work!. At 2GB 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

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now launched on 4 June 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now — frequently asked questions

When did Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now come out?
Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now was released on 4 June 2014 for Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now?
At minimum, Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now needs 2x 2GHz with SSE2, 2 GB RAM, SM3.0 GPU with 768MB memory, mobile/integrated GPUs might not work! graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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