Roll into jam-packed open worlds that let you explore and utterly smash them to pieces in the process! Conquer adversaries and boss fights, tackle thrilling challenges, and unearth multiple hidden secrets. Realms bursting with activities to do at your own pace while you break almost everything along the way.

Bounce between multiple (slightly inaccurate) historically themed open worlds each with their own unique mechanics, items, and enemies. From the Vikings through to the Age of Pirates. From Feudal Japan over into The Space Race. Each world lets you hop in and out whenever and carry over progress.

Go solo or grab friends. Supports single player, 2-player split screen, and online co-op up to 4 players! Jump in and out sessions and keep any items and weapons collected.

Collect an arsenal of weapons, shields, and themed items to customize your character! No cosmetic paid DLC - unleash your creative powers to customize your character with items collected from playing.

Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat in a series of (slightly inaccurate) historical worlds.
Full of content. Fight foes, rescue allies, take on multiple objectives, uncover secrets and collect bundles of themed items and weapons.
Smash, dash, and steamroll highly destructible environments.
Customize your character with a massive amount of flags, items, weapons and themed decorations, all collected from playing.
Up to 4-player online co-op and 2 player split screen. Seamlessly jump in and out of sessions with friends and keep everything you’ve collected.
It teaches history. Well kinda.

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OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Medium settings | 1080p | 30FPS

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OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600X / Intel® Core™ i5-8400
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 580
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: High settings | 1080p | 60FPS

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