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JEF

92% positive of 94 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Jeremy Couillard. Published by Akupara Games.

About the game

Awaken as an alien. How did you get here? No idea! What's your name? No one knows! Explore the strange colonies of a spa-cult civilization to find your way home. Unravel cosmic jokes, befriend digital ghosts, and discover what “you” means in a universe built on absurdity.

Tagged by players

Dark Comedy
Post-apocalyptic
Walking Simulator
3D Platformer
Surreal
Psychedelic
Memes
Visual Novel
Psychological Horror
Aliens
Funny
Exploration

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
JEF is an amazing game where you help an alien discover the meaning of his name. You get to explore surreal and goofy environments during this quest to knowledge and get to interact with funny and creatively designed characters. It was a very meditative and trippy experience and had some good secrets to find for anyone interested. Another hidden gem from this developer.
6.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
the scooter level is awesome give me a full game of that ! its roughly 2 hour game then you can go back and do side quests. this is my 4th completed JC game.
3.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The performance is bad, but it isn't my main issue. It just looks boring and washed out, and it's random for the sake of being random. Maybe it was a mistake to play Lavender first, but that game was just so crisp visually and very coherent in its eclectism. JEF is a mashup of ugly assets covered by distance fog. Where Lavender had a underlying message, JEF is just trying its hardest to simply weird you out with…
27 min played when written. 9 found it helpful.
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