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The Little Acre

The Little Acre follows the story of Aidan and his daughter, Lily, set in 1950's Ireland. After discovering clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father, Aidan begins investigating until he inadvertently…

73 13 December 2016

The Little Acre is an adventure developed by Pewter Games Studios, released 13 December 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS.

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What The Little Acre is

The Little Acre is an adventure game developed by Pewter Games Studios and released in 2016. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Little Acre is an adventure game developed by Pewter Games Studios with Charles Cecil and published by Curve Digital. It was released for originally released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in 2016, with versions for iOS and Nintendo Switch following in 2017 and 2019, respectively. It was originally planned to be released November 22, 2016.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Little Acre holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo E4300 (2 * 1800) or equivalent | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2 * 2600) or equivalent, 2048 MB RAM and GeForce GT 610 (1024 MB) or equivalent | Radeon HD 6450 (512 MB) or equivalent. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. 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 Little Acre launched on 13 December 2016, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Darksiders Warmastered Edition and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. 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: Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Darksiders Warmastered Edition, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Little Acre — frequently asked questions

When did The Little Acre come out?
The Little Acre was released on 13 December 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Little Acre?
At minimum, The Little Acre needs Intel Core2 Duo E4300 (2 * 1800) or equivalent | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2 * 2600) or equivalent, 2048 MB RAM, GeForce GT 610 (1024 MB) or equivalent | Radeon HD 6450 (512 MB) or equivalent graphics, 3500 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is The Little Acre?
The PC version needs about 3.4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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