Metaphobia (2020)

- Developer
- Digital Mosaic Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
- Rating
- 4.2 of 5, 499 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 6.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam

The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A deliberate, low-key investigation through pixelated retro visuals and rotoscoped animation, uncovering a slowly unfolding mystery with a quiet, noir-like tension.
point & clickinvestigativeatmosphericretromysteryunderstatednoir
What players say
Players find the mystery-to-sci-fi story engaging early on but are split on its execution: some call the pacing slow and the ending anticlimactic, while others praise the atmosphere and narrative courage. The puzzles are simple but suffer from pixel hunting.
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