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2015USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive14.99 €

A dark point-and-click adventure in which you play a young girl with a mental illness who shifts between a brutal reality and a disturbing alternate world. Nightmarish hand-drawn art and inventory puzzles carry a bleak, emotional story.

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

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Sally Face

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2016USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Fran Bow: emotional impact, dread and tension as well as a dark atmosphere.

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

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