Underplayed Gems

Among Ashes (2024)

Among Ashes cover
Developer
Rat Cliff Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.8 of 5, 450 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.6 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

You play a retro horror game on a stormy night, but the line between the game and your apartment blurs, creating an unsettling, metatextual tension.

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What players say

Players praise its creative game-within-a-game premise and atmospheric psychological horror, though some find the back half tedious.

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.