The Turing Test (2016)

Developer: BULKHEAD
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 8,015 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 6.7 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.

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How it feels

A contemplative, atmospheric puzzle walk through sterile sci-fi corridors, where each logical challenge builds quiet unease about the AI's intentions.

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What players say

Players compare it to Portal and The Talos Principle for its first-person puzzle design and philosophical conversations with an AI. The puzzles are logic-based and gradually increase in difficulty, but the game is short at around 5-6 hours. Players find the ending unsatisfying and the binary choice meaningless.

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