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Ratchet & Clank

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Critic score18 critics
First release
Apr 12, 2016
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Shooter · Action, Science fiction, Comedy

Ratchet & Clank is a single-player third-person shooter with platforming elements, and a reimagining of the series' first game. Players mainly control Ratchet, traveling from planet to planet to battle enemies with a wide range of inventive weapons and gadgets while crossing gaps with a grappling hook, riding grind rails, and solving occasional puzzles. Segments controlling the robot Clank focus on environmental puzzle solving, and the game also includes hoverboard races and spaceship combat. Weapons and gadgets are unlocked through progress or bought using bolts collected during play.

Also known as Ratchet and Clank, R&C

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
On the planet Veldin, a young Lombax mechanic named Ratchet dreams of joining the heroic Galactic Rangers, but he is turned away. His life changes when he rescues a small defective warbot fleeing a factory where Chairman Drek of the Blarg is building a mechanical army. Ratchet names the robot Clank, and the two set out to warn the Rangers that Drek intends to destroy planets to build a new homeworld for his people. Teaming with the boastful Captain Qwark, the unlikely pair join the fight to stop the scheme.Read more

On the planet Veldin, a young Lombax mechanic named Ratchet dreams of joining the heroic Galactic Rangers, but he is turned away. His life changes when he rescues a small defective warbot fleeing a factory where Chairman Drek of the Blarg is building a mechanical army. Ratchet names the robot Clank, and the two set out to warn the Rangers that Drek intends to destroy planets to build a new homeworld for his people. Teaming with the boastful Captain Qwark, the unlikely pair join the fight to stop the scheme.

Release dates
PlayStation 4
Apr 12, 2016
PlayStation 4
Apr 22, 2016
PlayStation 5
Mar 30, 2021
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
14h
Main + Extras
14h
Completionist
25h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
death, robots, run and gun, spaceship, flight
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At a Glance

Critic Score
84
Main Story (IGDB)
14h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
14h
Completionist (IGDB)
25h

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 30 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 30 Oct 2026