Tachyon Dreams Anthology (2024)

Developer: Cosmic Void
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.6 of 5, 25 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 2.8 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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.

More games like this Watch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

a playful and nostalgic text-parser adventure where you type your way through a cartoonish cosmic mess with a dishwashing hero.

retrocomedictext-parsercolorfulexplorativelightheartedpixel artsci-fi

What players say

Players love this as a faithful tribute to 80s Sierra text-parser adventures, especially Space Quest. They praise the beautiful pixel art and puzzles that are clever but never frustrating, though a few find the story disjointed and the parser occasionally finicky. At 5-6 hours it's short and sweet, but newcomers to text-input games may struggle.

Screenshots

More games like this

More by Cosmic Void

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.