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Super Mutant Alien Assault

"Taking up arms solo or with a friend, you must dance with death in a brutal and addictive arcade platformer shooter inspired by Super Crate Box and stuffed to the brim with unlockables. Fight through rapid…

72 11 July 2016

Super Mutant Alien Assault is an arcade developed by Cybernate, released 11 July 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

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What Super Mutant Alien Assault is

Super Mutant Alien Assault is an arcade game developed by Cybernate and released in 2016. It was published by Fellow Traveller. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Three fleets of spaceships flee a doomed Earth carrying the last humans in cryostasis. Pursued by aliens, it’s up to the lowly security droids to save humanity."
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 17 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Super Mutant Alien Assault holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.2GHz or faster, 1 GB RAM and 256MB of video 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

Super Mutant Alien Assault launched on 11 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and Furi. 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: Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Furi.

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Quick answers

Super Mutant Alien Assault — frequently asked questions

When did Super Mutant Alien Assault come out?
Super Mutant Alien Assault was released on 11 July 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Super Mutant Alien Assault?
At minimum, Super Mutant Alien Assault needs 1.2GHz or faster, 1 GB RAM, 256MB of video memory graphics, 150 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Super Mutant Alien Assault?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "150 MB available space" and the recommended line says "300 MB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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