Underplayed Gems

A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale (2026)

A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale cover
Developer
ln404, akinat0
Publisher
Contrast Games
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.7 of 5, 105 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.5 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

a gentle, curious adventure through a friendly and peculiar town, full of odd residents to meet and puzzles to solve at a leisurely pace

whimsicalcozyexploratorypuzzlingcharmingslow-pacednarrative-driven

What players say

Players praise the cute art and cozy world, but split on the controls: some find them clumsy and joy-killing.

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.