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2015PC65 % positive

You guide a stranded astronaut on an alien planet purely through text messages. Your choices branch the story in real-time-feeling conversations and lead to different outcomes.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Emotional impact
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Sci-fi setting
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lifeline special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

85 %Match

2021USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified89 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Lifeline: choices with consequences, emotional impact and dialogue where you play your role.

A text-heavy drama in which you steer Sir Brante's entire life through a rigid class society. Every choice and stat check opens or closes later paths, with no traditional combat at all.

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The Novelist

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Choices with consequences

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Choices with consequences

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