Underplayed Gems

All the Delicate Duplicates (2017)

All the Delicate Duplicates cover
Developer
Mez Breeze, Andy Campbell
Publisher
The Space, One to One Development Trust, Mez Breeze Design
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Rating
3.9 of 5, 45 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A slow, nonlinear walk through fragmented memories and strange objects, more like reading a mysterious story than playing a game.

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What players say

Players are split on this nonlinear walking simulator. Some praise its mind-bending atmosphere and detective-like clue hunting across time periods, while others find the story impenetrable and the gameplay hollow even for the genre. The handful of hours to complete and a reliance on environmental text as narrative fuel divide opinion more than the visuals, which nearly everyone calls striking.

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