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SynthCave

Defend your upgrade station and light your path using your gun while blasting away at enemies in this Synthwave inspired arcade wave shooter! Buy upgrades like Light Poles to illuminate areas and turrets to…

8 November 2017

SynthCave is an arcade developed by JeliLiam, released 8 November 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SynthCave is

SynthCave is an arcade game developed by JeliLiam and released in 2017. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Defend your upgrade station and light your path using your gun while blasting away at enemies in this Synthwave inspired arcade wave shooter! Buy upgrades like Light Poles to illuminate areas and turrets to mow down the incoming waves. Can you take on the horde or will they take your station from you with sheer numbers? Find out now!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

SynthCave launched on 8 November 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did SynthCave come out?
SynthCave was released on 8 November 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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