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Splitgate

Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering…

65 22 May 2019 Free to play

Splitgate is a shooter developed by 1047 Games, released 22 May 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

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What Splitgate is

Splitgate is a shooter game developed by 1047 Games and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Splitgate is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by 1047 Games. It was released in early access on May 24, 2019, for Linux and Microsoft Windows on Steam, and on Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on July 27, 2021. A PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S version came in 2022. On August 25, 2021, the developers announced that the game would stay in beta indefinitely and at the same time released Season 0. The game revolves around Halo-inspired sci-fi combat in battle arenas where players can create wormhole portals between two points on the map that have been compared to those of the Portal series, and fire weapons or travel through those portals.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 30 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Splitgate holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 28% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 69 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Any dual core CPU, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 1GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 15GB.

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What it launched against

Splitgate launched on 22 May 2019, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds, Rage 2 and Call of Duty: Mobile. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds, Rage 2, Call of Duty: Mobile.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Splitgate — frequently asked questions

When did Splitgate come out?
Splitgate was released on 22 May 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is Splitgate free?
Yes — Splitgate is free to play.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Splitgate?
At minimum, Splitgate needs Any dual core CPU, 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 1GB graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Splitgate?
The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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