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Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of…

64 23 April 2015

Uncanny Valley is an adventure developed by Cowardly Creations, released 23 April 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

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What Uncanny Valley is

Uncanny Valley is an adventure game developed by Cowardly Creations and released in 2015. It was published by Digerati Distribution. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 18 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Uncanny Valley holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.5 Ghz, 2 GB RAM and Direct X9.0c Compatible 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

Uncanny Valley launched on 23 April 2015, within three weeks of Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Kerbal Space Program and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. 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: Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Kerbal Space Program, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.

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Quick answers

Uncanny Valley — frequently asked questions

When did Uncanny Valley come out?
Uncanny Valley was released on 23 April 2015 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Uncanny Valley?
At minimum, Uncanny Valley needs 2.5 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, Direct X9.0c Compatible Card graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Uncanny Valley?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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