Syberia
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Syberia is an adventure developed by Microïds Canada, released 9 August 2002 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. It currently starts at $2.59 at GOG. The main story takes about 11.1 hrs to finish.
What Syberia is
Syberia is an adventure game developed by Microïds Canada and released in 2002. It was published by 1C Company. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Virtools Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kate Walker, a young ambitious lawyer from New York, is handed what seems a fairly straight forward assignment - a quick stopover to handle the sale of an old automaton factory hidden in the alpine valleys, then straight back home to the US. Little did she imagine when embarking on this task that her life would be turned upside down. On her expedition across Europe, traveling from Western Europe to the far reaches of Eastern Russia, she encounters a host of incredible characters and locations in her attempt to track down Hans, the genius inventor - the final key to unlock the mystery of Syberia. Her voyage across land and time throws all she values into question, while the deal she sets out…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Syberia holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 327 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.1 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.59, that works out to about $0.23 per hour of the main story, or $0.29 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM and DirectX compatible graphics card with 128 MB memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.59 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Syberia launched on 9 August 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Super Mario Sunshine, Mafia and Medieval: Total War. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Super Mario Sunshine, Mafia, Medieval: Total War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Syberia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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