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2019PC, Nintendo Switch93 % positive9.99 €

As the Professor, you search the ruined wastes for the sunken city of Houston while a toxic algae bloom closes in on humanity's last colonies. Its strength lies in a quiet, melancholic story and the bond with the AI companion ARORA.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Companions and relationships
  • Emotional impact
  • Lore and world history

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2017PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable92 % positive14.79 €

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You wander snowy wastelands as survivors of a dying world, gathering rocket parts to send the dead off on a final journey to the stars. A calm, emotional narrative adventure with a moving soundtrack and a melancholic mood.

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Cradle

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An atmospheric first-person sci-fi adventure in which you repair a mechanical companion in a desert and uncover the secret of an abandoned amusement park together.

Alone With You

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As the last survivor of a collapsing terraforming colony, you have a few weeks to repair a broken escape pod. You explore pixel-art planets, solve puzzles and build relationships with the dead colonists through their AI echoes, in a story-driven, emotional adventure.

Deliver Us the Moon

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A story-driven sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut exploring abandoned lunar bases, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering what happened to humanity's last hope. Atmospheric and linear, focused on mystery and narrative rather than combat.

Tacoma

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Tacoma is a quiet narrative adventure on an abandoned space station, where you piece together the crew's fate through augmented-reality recordings. Its appeal lies in the small human details and the relationships between the characters.

The Walking Dead

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An episodic narrative adventure where Lee protects young Clementine through a zombie apocalypse, forced into agonizing timed moral decisions. The bond between the two makes it one of the most emotionally powerful games of its kind.

Primordia

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A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

Richard & Alice

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A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in a frozen dystopian future. Two men meet in a prison, and flashbacks gradually unfold a bleak family drama. Puzzles are secondary to the dialogue and atmosphere.

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