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RB: Axolotl

92% positive of 40 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Actawesome.

About the game

Five axolotls appear one day through a void, their entire existence shrouded in mystery. A suspenseful tale, dripping with humor and full of surprises, lined by an underlying emotional theme that will strike a chord with just about anyone.

Tagged by players

  • Visual Novel
  • Horror
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Funny
  • Dark
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Action-Adventure
  • Cartoony
  • Emotional
  • Comedy
  • Action
  • Adventure

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Not the first VN to with the conceit of "looks cute but actually is actually scary/serious" but unlike weaker examples, it doesn't rely solely on this "trick." It's able to jump between these different moods without one invalidating the other. The dark moments don't make the light moments feel insincere, and going back to the light moments doesn't reduce the tension of the dark moments. And when the novelty of the…

    8.1 h played when written. 29 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    There is a certain extremely non-specific type of games, which are usually grouped together,—not for the reason they are similar enough to warrant such categorization but rather because they are that dissimilar from anything else and share some characteristics, like fourth wall breaking, meta-narrative shenanigans, plot twists of ultimate proportion and general mindf++kery. So, precisely this way RB: Axolotl can be…

    35 h played when written. 13 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Intermissions, stalling. 2/10 Skipped to the end right after game makes you watch an half/hour-long session of main characters playing a lame "vr" game. As if its calendar writing wasn't already annoying

    16 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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