Motherland (2021)

Developer: Andreev Worlds
Publisher: My Way Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie
Rating: 3.1 of 5, 112 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 2.0 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

a bleak, slow exploration of a quarantined town where isolation and illness shape every uneasy step

atmospherictensemelancholicslow-pacedexplorativedarkly whimsicalsurvival

What players say

Players describe a walking simulator set in a snowy Russian town during a pandemic, where you push levers to progress while being chased by maskless enforcers. The atmosphere and soundtrack are praised, but the huge empty world, lack of direction, no map, and abrupt ending frustrate many. Performance is poor for some, with low fps in certain buildings.

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