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Xeodrifter

Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary…

79 11 December 2014

Xeodrifter is an adventure developed by Atooi, released 11 December 2014 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.

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What Xeodrifter is

Xeodrifter is an adventure game developed by Atooi and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core. A scan of the neighboring planets revealed a number of energy signatures, which may provide the special material needed to replace the damaged warp core and get back to cruising through the cosmos. However, what began as a routine away-mission to fix his engine quickly spirals into a dangerous game of search, shoot, and survive. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 17 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Xeodrifter holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 Ghz, 512 MB RAM and 3D Graphics Card. At 1GB 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

Xeodrifter launched on 11 December 2014, within three weeks of Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Talos Principle and Resident Evil. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Talos Principle, Resident Evil.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Xeodrifter — frequently asked questions

When did Xeodrifter come out?
Xeodrifter was released on 11 December 2014 for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Xeodrifter?
At minimum, Xeodrifter needs 1.8 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 3D Graphics Card graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Xeodrifter?
The main story of Xeodrifter takes around 4 hrs, or 5 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Xeodrifter?
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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