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2025PC11.99 €

You arrive new in the Rimshot system and can climb to power through trade, politics, or galactic TV stardom. How you rise is entirely up to you, including through unconventional means.

Choices with consequences
Sandbox with your own goals
Dialogue and role-playing
Sci-fi setting

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Crypterion special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Flat Eye

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2022PC60 % positive−70 % ~~18.99 €~~ 5.69 €

You run a futuristic mega-store as its manager, juggling staff, resources and strange technology while slowly uncovering unsettling secrets. Dark humor and narrative choices give this management sim a distinct flavor.

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Sandbox with your own goals

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Sandbox with your own goals

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