Action · April 27, 2020

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed (2020)

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HELP SGT. MAX AMMO TO DEFEAT MAJOR EVIL AND SAVE THE HYPERCORE! There was once an ancient line of action figures, who created a magical power source that would allow humans to keep their favourite childhood memories of their toys. This ancient power source is known as the Hypercore. Inside the Hypercore are the beloved memories of our favorite toys. If Major Evil destroys it, these memories will disappear forever. Defend it with everything you've got, or see our cherished toys turn into lost treasures of the past! If you grew up watching classic toy movies and playing with action figures, get ready for the ultimate action figure game! Hypercharge takes you back to the original drawing board of action shooters, with no pay-to-progress, weapon meta, or slide cancelling. Just simple, light-hearted, casual fun! Key Features 1-4 player online/local co-op. Full split-screen support including online/local. Single player/offline play with player bots. Difficulty scales based on the number of players. Wave-based shooter with story campaign. Classic PvP game modes. (up to eight players) First and third-person camera modes. PLAY CO-OP WITH YOUR FRIENDS Work together as a team to defend the Hypercore. Grab a friend, break out of your toy packaging, and get ready to fight waves of classic toys. Prepare for each wave by searching for weapons, resources, and even hidden secrets. OFFLINE PLAY FOR SOLO PLAYERS Not everybody likes to play online. Hypercharge supports Offline, Split-Screen and Local play. You can progress and unlock everything in-game while playing solo. SPLIT-SCREEN Grab a second controller and jump in! Hypercharge lets you play the entire game in Split-Screen, with up to four-player co-op and PvP, both Online and Local. Team up and experience it all side-by-side on the couch. PLAYER BOTS Don’t have a team to play with? Don’t worry, we’ve got you solo players covered. Player bots listen to your commands, collect resources, and even help to build defences. UNLOCK ACTION FIGURES Earn unlocks the old school way, in-game with hard work! No Pay-to-Win nonsense. PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER MODES Go head-to-head against other action figures as you fight to become top of the scoreboard! Classic PvP modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Battery, Infection, and King of the Hill.

Action releases from 2020

236 Action titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Co-op Campaign · 304
  • Action-Adventure · 302
  • Third-Person Shooter · 295
  • Singleplayer · 291
  • FPS · 290
  • Local Co-Op · 286
  • Online Co-Op · 281
  • Shooter · 278
  • Split Screen · 277
  • 4 Player Local · 262
  • PvE · 253
  • PvP · 251
  • Action · 241
  • Tower Defense · 240
  • Exploration · 230

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.3k Steam reviewsTop 65% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic74/100Genre average 77 — top 69% of Action titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 82% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • LAN PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 4.3k reviews

3.9k positive · 428 negative

Metacritic

74/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

3.8k

Press Quotes

“This is incredible!” SMii7Y “An absolute blast!” WorstPremadeEver “This is the game of your childhood dreams!” Tomographic

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 27, 2020
DeveloperDigital Cybercherries
Base price$16.24 -35%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

20

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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