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Discover the mysteries of the Atacama, explore the abandoned mining networks, evade the scorching sun and survive the environment in one of the most arid place in the world. Arid is a FREE survival game made by students from Breda University.

Arid is a open world survival craft, survival and exploration game developed by Sad Viscacha Studio and published by Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Released on June 29th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,847 reviews of which 1,602 were positive and 245 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 5th gen or better / AMD Ryzen 5 or better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX1050 Ti / AMD Radeon 570, 4GB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space

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Arid
8.3
1,602
245
Online players
2
Developer
Sad Viscacha Studio
Publisher
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Release 29 Jun 2021
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