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The Evil Within: The Executioner

The Executioner is the third DLC of The Evil Within. Set as first-person battle matches, the player takes control of a Keeper and faces many creatures and characters from the game. As enemies are defeated…

74 26 May 2015

The Evil Within: The Executioner is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tango Gameworks, released 26 May 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What The Evil Within: The Executioner is

The Evil Within: The Executioner is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tango Gameworks and released in 2015. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story is focused on an unknown man who is linked to MOBIUS, is connected to the STEM, and is in control of a safe headed creature known as The Keeper. The player is in search of his daughter and must follow diaries to understand the truth. The Keeper is also given orders by MOBIUS to eliminate the other subjects within the Mansion and other locations due to their effect on his daughter.
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How it plays

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

How it was received

The Evil Within: The Executioner holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor, 4 GB RAM and GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. 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

The Evil Within: The Executioner launched on 26 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm and Project CARS. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm, Project CARS.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Evil Within: The Executioner yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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The Evil Within: The Executioner — frequently asked questions

When did The Evil Within: The Executioner come out?
The Evil Within: The Executioner was released on 26 May 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Evil Within: The Executioner?
At minimum, The Evil Within: The Executioner needs i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor, 4 GB RAM, GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Evil Within: The Executioner?
The main story of The Evil Within: The Executioner takes around 3 hrs.
How many GB is The Evil Within: The Executioner?
The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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