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2020USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified78 % positive−77 % 14.79 € 3.40 €

An interactive full-motion-video sci-fi thriller where your decisions steer the story set in a sealed research facility. It focuses on branching, cinematic storytelling rather than traditional gameplay.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

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2016PEGI 12PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable90 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Complex: choices with consequences, a strong story and a relaxed difficulty.

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

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Silicon Dreams

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You play an android interrogator in 2065, coaxing secrets out of disobedient androids by playing on their emotions. Your choices decide who is spared or scrapped, and they challenge your own loyalty to your creators.

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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You work as an investigator in the Orwell surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles for clues, with the power to manipulate the information you find. A dark surveillance thriller where your decisions carry real moral weight.

The Gallery

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Need to Know

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Area-X

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A story-driven sci-fi visual novel where you play Elcia, a time negotiator who stumbles into an unknown dimension called Area-X. Your choices steer the plot, with romance elements along the way.

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