Magrunner: Dark Pulse

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is a puzzle, lovecraftian and adventure game developed and published by Frogwares.
Released on June 20th 2013 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish and Japanese.

It has received 1,081 reviews of which 794 were positive and 287 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Magrunner: Dark Pulse into these genres:

Puzzle Lovecraftian Adventure Action Cyberpunk Indie First-Person Sci-fi Singleplayer FPS Horror Platformer

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *:WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
Processor:AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.4 GHZ
Memory:2048 MB RAM
Graphics:256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800/ATI RADEON HD 4800
DirectX®:9.0c
Hard Drive:4 GB HD space
Sound:DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

I can't believe i never wrote a review to this game....It is by far one of the best games I have ever played! +The story is thrillingly exciting! +Graphics look astonishing (especially considering the release date) +The gameplay mechanics are one of their kind, melting together with the story. +++ Buenissimo!

Oct. 2024

7.5/10 Awesome puzzle adventure with a good story and some cyberpunk and sci fi spices tossed in. What starts out in the first few lvls as too easy and ur learning how it works and might even reconsider playing it, turns into one of the best games of its kind that Ive played so far, only surpassed by the Portal games. Which lets be honest no one have a chance at surpassing anyway. A lot of love and dedication went into this game, even the dedications and Hall of Fame quotes from what I asume is the games backers, as well as the ending scenes and credits choice of titles was a great touch of detail as well. And fun! About a third of the way in the game takes a rather drastic turn of events and when u reach about halfway in, that 'because u played Portal' recomendation has u squinting and questining ur sanity lol. Where did my cozy casual pretty looking puzzle game go! ARGH! I wondered why the game has no trailer on the store page and now I know why. I also hadnt seen the last few images there, which Im glad I hadnt, because going into this game completely blind is worth everything! Dont look anything up, the very best part of the game is the surprise turn of events as u go along, and the ending. If u noticed the H.P. Lovecraft tag tho, u will prob have a clue what its about, but dont dig too deep, just let it TAKE u and DEVOUR u and appreciate it for what it is! The only negative thing to mention is lvl 27, F that one! That did not make sense at all how to unlock that platform with the big box, I did that one step by step with a YT vid and cursed it all the way. Lvl 29 was awsome and onwards for sure tho and ofc many b4 that. It also mentions u can change the colour sceme on 'main theme' in options, as well as the crosshair colours. I could only find the option for the crosshair. -Arch Linux Manjaro KDE Plasma 6

Sept. 2024

I wouldn't have played this game if it had no reference to the Cthulhu Mythos. And I think it makes a good impression in this respect. I liked how the levels, story and atmosphere changed more and more in a dark and threatening direction. The magnetism puzzles were clever and challenging but not that great that I want more of them. But it's definitely worth playing.

July 2024

If you like platforms and puzzles : YES If you like a solid non cringe worthy story: NO

June 2024

Great horror game that starts out pretending it's "Portal, but with magnets" but it diverges quickly and it's a lot of fun. Sometimes it's rough around the edges but it's not asking for an AAA price either.

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Frogwares

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Frogwares

Release 20 Jun 2013

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