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The Passenger

89% positive of 126 Steam reviews

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Released
2022
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Hosted Games.

About the game

Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Romance
  • Horror
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Supernatural
  • RPG
  • Casual
  • Choices Matter
  • Third Person
  • Multiple Endings
  • Text-Based

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Very Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    I really enjoyed this game! (My hours are low on steam because I play these mostly on the Hosted Games mobile app) Being in the eyes of something so inhuman and monstrous and seeing the growth it makes through a human life was so fun! The characters seemed well rounded and complex enough to gain a lot of my interest. The explanation of energy, other beings and the antagonist were great. I didn't feel like I was left…

    34 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    The idea of playing as an eldritch horror fleeing from another is very cool and I think the sections of the game which directly deal with this are the strongest parts. I don't mind that a decent portion of the text is dedicated to the mundanities of human life, I think experiencing it through the eyes of an eldritch horror who is stuck in a human shell is interesting. With that said, apart from the thing hunting…

    5.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    This is a very mixed recommendation, because this isn't a bad game, but if I still could I would refund it/wouldn't have bought it (it's not my kind of thing). So as to the good, this is well written, well paced, interesting, and is good about making use of the perspective of an eldritch creature living a human life. However, the bad is that the actual plot isn't really about you being an eldritch creature, but…

    1.6 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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