Hard moral choices with consequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The game constantly forces you to balance survival, loyalty, and conscience, creating a tense and sometimes uncomfortable atmosphere.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)2016Point & Click · Strategy · Simulation
$13.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A dark, 1984-style landlord-informant game with strong atmosphere, moral choices and many endings. Skip it if you dislike timers, constant money demands, or guide-dependent perfect runs.
Great for
Fans of dystopian stories, moral dilemmas and replaying for multiple endings, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Relentless timed money demands make a good first run nearly impossible without a guide
What players love
Oppressive, immersive 1984-like atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“one of the most atmospheric games that I've ever played. Hard choices, loss, death and complicated life.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Memorable characters, story and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The character designs and apartment layouts are excellent.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Many endings and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“multiple endings of the main and side branches make you want to explore more to see the results”
Steam review · 36.8 h played ↗
Engaging spying and blackmail gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Snooping through tenants' apartments, planting cameras, and deciding whether to blackmail a family or turn them into the state makes for a deeply engaging gameplay loop.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Cheap on sale, good value
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“A good game for the money, I bought it on sale for about 50 rubles.”
Steam review · translated · 5.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, boring gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“gameplay is fairly boring as you spend most of the time clicking through menus and waiting.”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗
Huge timed money demands, near-impossible blind
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“every 2 minutes, your family needs something that literally costs like 20000$.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Stressful timers and rushed pace
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The TIMER utterly kills the game.”
Steam review · translated · 5.6 h played ↗
Illusory choices and railroaded story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“A game that lures you with variety but in fact drives you down a story corridor.”
Steam review · translated · 14 h played ↗
Bugs and broken quests/scripts
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I had medicine for daughter but I could not give it to her because wife was absent and she died.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
No manual saves, poor autosave
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“YOU CAN NOT SAVE. The game will automatically save after each mission/task fufilled”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified1600 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10
ProcessorIntel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)
Storage1600 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GT 730 (1Gb) / Radeon R7 A10-7700K
Storage1600 MB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10
ProcessorIntel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)
Storage1600 MB available space
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