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Headlander

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First release
Jul 25, 2016
Engine
Buddha
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Platform, Shooter · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

Also known as Headlander.exe

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 25, 2016
Mac
Jul 25, 2016
PlayStation 4
Jul 26, 2016
All 4 release dates
Xbox One
Nov 18, 2016
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
retro, metroidvania, robots, female protagonist, action-adventure
… All 19, multiple protagonists, humor, trippy, explosion, digital distribution, original soundtrack release, color separation, pax east 2016, pax west 2016, secret area, inconvenient malfunction, male protagonist, 1970s, previously on - xbox gamepass

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Critic Score
77
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 614 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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