Underplayed Gems

Tkium Exclusion Area (2022)

Tkium Exclusion Area cover
Developer
Tkium
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 29 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

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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 tense and claustrophobic escape through an asylum where your sanity erodes as you uncover a single, fixed story.

shorttenseatmosphericdarkfirst-personhorror explorationescapesanity-based

What players say

Players call it very short, finishing in under an hour. The fear meter is widely noted as ineffective, taking longer to fill than the game takes to complete. Most recommend it for its atmosphere, but find the puzzles simple and the ending anticlimactic.

Screenshots

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