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2019 · First-person shooter · Indie

Aftercharge

Timed Xbox exclusive

Aftercharge pits invisible robots against a squad of specialized security enforcers in competitive 3v3 quick-paced skirmishes. The robots must sabotage the energy extractors scattered on the map while the enforcers are tasked to spot them and stop them.

Released
10 January 2019
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchWindowsXbox One
Genres
First-person shooterIndieShooter
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
First person
Themes
ActionStealth
Country
Canada
Age ratings
ESRB E10+
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish (Spain)

About

Aftercharge was a team-based cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Chainsawesome Games. It was released on January 10, 2019, for Windows and Xbox One. The game is available for a limited time on Xbox Game Pass. The first public testing phase began on Steam, and lasted through October 13–15, 2017.

The game was shut down on June 30, 2021. Chainsawesome Games was later shut down in 2023.

Keywords

  • arena
  • competitive
  • cross-platform multiplayer
  • invisibility
  • previously on - xbox gamepass

Media

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Gameplay

Aftercharge assigns players into two teams of three, pitting invisible robots against an invincible security squad in tactical skirmishes, with each player placed on either the attacking side or the defending side. The attackers take the role of invisible robots and will make their way to destroy energy extractors located on the map, which are the main objective of the game. The defenders take the role of guards (dubbed enforcers) and will attempt to shut down the robots to protect the extractors, the main objective of the gameplay. Players choose from a character pool on each side with widely different abilities and roles to vary their team's strategy. Players on a team work together to destroy or defend control points on a map in a limited amount of time.

Aftercharge features squad-based combat with two opposing teams of three players each. The attackers have to coordinate their attacks, create distractions and sneak around to destroy them while the enforcers have to cover as much ground as possible and use their abilities to spot the attackers and stop them before they can destroy all of the extractors. Players choose one of the several characters, each with their own unique abilities and roles. Once an attacker's health has been depleted, it becomes "disabled", being able to see but not act.

Reception

The game received over a 70% rating on Steam. On June 1st, 2021, Chainsawesome games announced that the game would no longer be playable on June 30th, 2021, due to server costs outweighing the revenue generated.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows10 January 2019Worldwide
Xbox One10 January 2019Worldwide
Nintendo Switch31 December 2019Worldwide

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