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TumbleSeed

TumbleSeed is a deceptively deep roguelike about balancing a seed up a dangerous and ever-changing mountain.

84 2 May 2017

TumbleSeed is an adventure developed by Team TumbleSeed, released 2 May 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What TumbleSeed is

TumbleSeed is an adventure game developed by Team TumbleSeed and released in 2017. It was published by aeiowu. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

TumbleSeed is an indie action video game, created by developer Benedict Fritz and designer Greg Wohlwend, in which the player balances a rolling seed on an ascending, horizontally slanted vine past procedurally generated obstacles to reach the top of a mountain. It is based on the mechanical arcade game Ice Cold Beer and built partially through the Cards Against Humanity game incubation program. TumbleSeed was released in May 2017 to generally favorable reviews on MacOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows platforms. Critics, in particular, appreciated their haptic sense of the rolling seed from the Nintendo Switch's sensitive HD Rumble. Many reviewers noted TumbleSeed's intense and…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

TumbleSeed holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support, 2 GB RAM and Shader Model 3.0 capable card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

TumbleSeed launched on 2 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

TumbleSeed — frequently asked questions

When did TumbleSeed come out?
TumbleSeed was released on 2 May 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for TumbleSeed?
At minimum, TumbleSeed needs SSE2 instruction set support, 2 GB RAM, Shader Model 3.0 capable card graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is TumbleSeed?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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