Obscure

Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale

88% positive of 34 Steam reviews

Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Binary Charm, Daring Touch. Published by Binary Charm.

About the game

Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.

Tagged by players

Text-Based
Interactive Fiction
Crime
Thriller
Choices Matter
Multiple Endings
Female Protagonist
Psychological
Emotional
Dark
Adventure
Story Rich

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Obscure

Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale

88% positive of 34 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Binary Charm, Daring Touch. Published by Binary Charm.

About the game

Tagged by players

Text-Based
Interactive Fiction
Crime
Thriller
Choices Matter
Multiple Endings
Female Protagonist
Psychological
Emotional
Dark
Adventure
Story Rich

What players say

Recommended
I tried this game mostly because I really liked the Shadows On The Vatican -and- wanted a short game tonight: it was short, indeed! And a good story to follow, well told as in good writing and good story-telling. Not Litterature Nobel Prize good, of course, but good. To sum up, this game takes place in the same universe, but no worries, there's no need to have played Shadows... to understand what's going on here.…
1.3 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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Recommended
As many of us here, I have played my fair share of games, spanning from every genre under the sun. However, I have never laid my eyes on anything like this experimental TEXT-BASED adventure game. The all captions is just to make sure that it’s very clear what we are going to play, and set the right expectations, that is to say a classic game where all the interaction takes place through on-screen WORDS. But…
2.9 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 4 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Dull, uninspiring and essentially pointless. The first two Shadow of the Vatican games were adequate point and clicks. This is a meandering interactive text that over focuses on the most cliched character in the games. I played through once 'not finding the truth' but couldn't care less what the 'truth' is supposed to be. Pity, I will probably still pick up part 3 as and when it emerges, but this has effectively…
1.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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