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SELF

77% positive of 238 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by doBell. Published by indienova.

About the game

SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

Tagged by players

  • Experimental
  • Adventure
  • Word Game
  • Psychological
  • Nonlinear
  • Mystery
  • Old School
  • Psychological Horror
  • Story Rich
  • Atmospheric
  • Pixel Graphics

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What players say

  • Recommended
    SELF is a narrative-driven indie adventure developed and published by Merry Fairy that places artistic expression and introspection at the center of the experience. Rather than delivering a conventional story filled with combat, quests, or complex progression systems, it invites players into a symbolic world where every environment, encounter, and visual element contributes to a broader meditation on identity and…

    12 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended

    4.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    My Experience For much of the time I was playing SELF, I was considering the metaphorical implications of the different images used in the game. The flooding water representing a memory that can no longer be repressed, and the sinking feeling associated with the vivid memory of someone who was once so close to you. The cracking screen, perhaps representing the growing ineffectiveness of using entertainment to…

    54 min played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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