Underplayed Gems

Submachine: Legacy (2023)

Submachine: Legacy cover
Developer
Mateusz Skutnik
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.9 of 5, 1,436 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 11 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

Exploring a vast, desolate network of hand-drawn rooms, you feel a quiet, lonely curiosity as you piece together puzzles and secrets to understand a shattered world.

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What players say

Players call it a classic point-and-click series from the flash era, now remastered. It demands note-taking and patience, as puzzles can be frustratingly obscure and rooms easy to miss items in. Fans praise the atmospheric liminal-space art and a story that goes deeper than expected.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.