Actual Sunlight (2014)
- Developer
- WZOGI
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 3.7 of 5, 618 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.5 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
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.
How it feels
A relentlessly bleak, text-driven journey that pairs sharp, pitch-black observations with the suffocating weight of depression.
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What players say
Players are split on this short RPG Maker story about depression. Many praise its honest and brutal portrayal of loneliness and suicidal thoughts, saying it captures the experience with rare accuracy. Others find it shallow, pretentious, or too self-indulgent, and note there is almost no gameplay beyond reading text. The story is entirely linear with a single, unavoidable ending.
Screenshots
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