Transistor (video game)

Transistor
Developer(s)Supergiant Games
Publisher(s)Supergiant Games
Designer(s)Amir Rao
Greg Kasavin
Programmer(s)Christopher Jurney
Gavin Simon
Andrew Wang
Artist(s)Jen Zee
Writer(s)Greg Kasavin
Composer(s)Darren Korb
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Release
May 20, 2014
  • Windows
    • WW: May 20, 2014
  • PlayStation 4
    • NA: May 20, 2014
    • PAL: May 21, 2014
  • Linux, OS X
    • WW: October 30, 2014
  • iOS
    • WW: June 11, 2015
  • tvOS
    • WW: November 2, 2015
  • Nintendo Switch
    • WW: November 1, 2018
Genre(s)Action role-playing, turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Transistor is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Supergiant Games. The game was released in May 2014 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, for OS X and Linux in October 2014, and iOS devices in June 2015. Transistor sold over one million copies across all platforms by December 2015.[1][2]

In Transistor, the player controls Red, a popular singer in the city of Cloudbank, as she moves through the sci-fi-themed cityscape and battles robotic enemies collectively known as the Process. The game is presented through an isometric camera and features both real-time combat and a frozen, turned-based mode. The player is armed with a greatsword-like weapon, the titular Transistor, through which various powers called Functions are used against the enemies.

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  2. ^ Devore, Jordan (December 28, 2015). "Transistor sells over a million copies". Destructoid. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.