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Escape From Lavender Island

97% positive of 200 Steam reviews

Released: 2023
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Jeremy Couillard, Chris Parrello. Published by Akupara Games.

About the game

Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?

Tagged by players

Dark Comedy
Alternate History
Walking Simulator
Hidden Object
Post-apocalyptic
Surreal
Capitalism
Third Person
Action-Adventure
Exploration
Open World
Funny

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Very Positive

What players say

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This game changed everything for me. Without it I would have never gotten into the trippy and surreal indie scene that I have entered the past half year. It was my first experience with a Jeremy Couillard game and it was the perfect beginning. The concept of the story is that you are Zede Aksis trying to find an escape from a very surreal place called Lavender Island. The main protagonist does not remember much, so…
27 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I genuinely have no f****** idea what the developers were on when they made this game, but I want some of whatever they're having. It feels like somebody took the most unhinged acid trip imaginable and somehow turned it into a videogame. The colors are insane: bright, psychedelic, oversaturated, and completely detached from anything resembling the ordinary. The entire island is bizarre: its environments, characters,…
2.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I don't vibe with this game. I got the bundle and have been playing all the games from Jeremy Couillard. For all of them so far, I was pretty patient with the games and curious to experience what they had to offer, going for achievements and looking to see all the dialogue and strange events. Not so for this game. Lavender Island is ugly, but ugly in a different way than previous games. Those could be gross and…
2.4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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