Underplayed Gems

201 - The Bad Number (2024)

201 - The Bad Number cover
Developer
Pavel Kopylov
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 30 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.0 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A tense, branching narrative set in a dying Martian colony where every choice carries weight and the threat of perma-death looms.

atmospherictext-baseddystopianfuturisticdetectivestory richpost-apocalypticexploration

What players say

Players describe this as an interactive sci-fi book about survival on a post-apocalyptic Mars, where a colony of 200 people must avoid exceeding that number. The story offers multiple branching paths and endings, but reviews are split: some praise the engaging plot and art, while others criticize undeclared AI-generated content, poor writing, interface lag, and text errors.

Screenshots

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