POLYGON

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases
MMOModern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Spending real-money purchases
High

Real money speeds weapon unlocks and buys guns through an in-game marketplace, affecting a player's arsenal and progression rather than only appearance.

Spending pressure pay-to-win or energy gating
High

Progress toward better weapons is slow through play but can be shortcut with real-money purchases, so paying grants a competitive advantage in matches.

Violence realistic
Moderate

The player shoots human enemy players with real-world firearms in team combat; hits produce blood splatter, with no dismemberment or gore.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangers

What it is

POLYGON is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter with a low-poly art style, pitting up to 32 players against each other on large maps using an arsenal of real-world firearms. The core activity is shooting other human players; hits produce blood but the game does not show wounds, gore, or dismemberment. Players match up online with strangers, and voice and text chat are available. Weapons and upgrades progress through use, but real money can be spent to acquire and improve guns faster, which players competing against paying opponents encounter as a purchasing advantage.

How it's framed

The game frames itself purely as fast-paced competitive combat with no story, characters, or moral stakes; violence is presented as sport-style team-versus-team shooting rather than anything narrative. Its monetization design lets real-money purchases accelerate weapon power, so paying shapes competitive standing rather than only appearance.

Details

Developer
Redaster Studio
Publisher
Redaster Studio
Released
Mar 6, 2020

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