Yars: Recharged
Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic's formula…
Yars: Recharged is an arcade developed by Adamvision Studios, released 23 August 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Yars: Recharged is
Yars: Recharged is an arcade game developed by Adamvision Studios and released in 2022. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A daring attack against the enemy homeworld, guarded by mechanical hives that pulse deadly cannons and emit flurries of swirling missiles. Shoot from range as you find pockets of safety amongst the hail of incoming fire, and then dart forward in daring forays to nibble away at the enemies defenses. Gather enough energy by destroying the enemy’s shields and you can power up your massively destructive Zorlon cannon, which sends searing blasts of golden energy into the enemy hive.
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Yars: Recharged holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 87% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Yars: Recharged launched on 23 August 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Immortality and Splatoon 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Immortality, Splatoon 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yars: Recharged yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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