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Xeno Crisis

Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which one or two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace and get home alive! Run and gun your way through…

69 27 October 2019

Xeno Crisis is an arcade developed by Bitmap Bureau, released 27 October 2019 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.

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What Xeno Crisis is

Xeno Crisis is an arcade game developed by Bitmap Bureau and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, Mac, Neo Geo MVS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which one or two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace and get home alive! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries as you explore the devastated research outpost, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise. Outpost 88 is divided into seven distinct areas, each being randomly generated with each play, meaning that your strategy must evolve on the fly if you're to succeed in your mission. Collect dog-tags from vanquished enemies to upgrade your equipment between areas and look out for special weapons which will give you a momentary…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Xeno Crisis holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Xeno Crisis launched on 27 October 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds and Disco Elysium. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium.

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When did Xeno Crisis come out?
Xeno Crisis was released on 27 October 2019 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, Mac, Neo Geo MVS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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