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Game profile
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Ratchet and Clank jump between colorful planets via dimensional rifts, fighting robot armies with a wild arsenal of weapons. Fast loading technology makes universe switching seamless and spectacular.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Action / Platformer, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
Difficulty stays forgiving, so progress rarely depends on your reflexes. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Wild weapon arsenal
- Dimensional travel
- Colorful planets
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- exploring for its own sake is the point for you
- you want zero frustration and no difficulty wall
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you need real difficulty to stay interested
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
What it costs you in time
About 13 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 91 out of 100, which puts it above 90 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 108 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Action averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 8 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 318 collected ratings.
Released in 2021, so it has 5 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2021
- Genres
- Action, Platformer, Shooter
- Playtime
- approx. 13 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Relaxed, forgiving
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PlayStation, PC
- Critic rating
- 91 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | 2021 | approx. 13 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Mirror's Edge | 2008 | approx. 7 hrs. | 73 | Budget |
| Motorslice | 2026 | approx. 12 hrs. | 75 | Mid price |
| Everspace 2 | 2023 | approx. 35 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- Mirror's Edge Shared: Action, Platformer, Sci-fi, shorter
- Motorslice Shared: Action, Platformer, Sci-fi
- Everspace 2 Shared: Action, Shooter, Sci-fi, longer
- Luna Abyss Shared: Platformer, Shooter, Sci-fi
- Metroid Dread Shared: Action, Platformer, Sci-fi
- Deep Rock Galactic Shared: Action, Shooter, Sci-fi, longer