201 - The Bad Number (2024)

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

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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.

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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.

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