Underplayed Gems

XenoTown (2022)

XenoTown cover
Developer
Boatmeal Brothers
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.4 of 5, 16 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 6.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A small, dialogue-heavy RPG with a satirical and darkly comedic tone as you play a crash-landed alien brainwashing humans in a pixel-art suburb.

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What players say

Players praise the funny writing and Earthbound-like charm of playing as an alien invader, but disagree on the gameplay: some find the dungeons tedious with long empty corridors and no exp until all party members join, while others enjoy the strategic turn-based combat and short length.

Screenshots

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