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Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Horror
A point-and-click adventure game set in a morbid, otherworldly carnival. Caught in the maze of your own mind, find hope hidden among the horrors. You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Who was she? And who are you? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
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Dark, contemplative, overwhelming and inward.
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KeenGamerKenzie DuMay 20218.8/10Pulsating horrors and puzzling wordplay abound in the place you know as Strangeland. Explore a decaying world filled with bizarre residents and solve supernatural puzzles in this point-and-click adventure. Will you find your way out of this otherworldly prison - or will you fall to the call of the void?
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Digital ChumpsSteven McGeheeMar 20208.3/10I really enjoyed playing through Strangeland, and having left a few puzzles unturned and wanting to hear the rest of the commentary, I might circle back one more time. And while I can’t put this game in the upper echelon of adventure games I have had the pleasure to play through over the years, it nevertheless is great, and I’m happy to recommend it.
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Cubed3Renan FontesAug 20218/10Moody, thought provoking, and chillingly beautiful at times, Strangeland, is a bizarre take on the point-and-click genre that will stick with players long after the credits roll. The story itself is dense with a script layered in symbolism, but never so obtuse where the uninformed can't get by. Thematically, much of the plot centres around the self - self-acceptance, self-doubt, self-destruction, and self-actualization - along with the pursuit of identity. Puzzles lean into the hostile aesthetic to provide a fair degree of challenge, while hints are always available. It all makes for a well-paced, well realized journey that doesn't outstay its welcome. Strangeland is a short adventure, but one of the finest entries in the genre.
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TechRaptorCourtney EhrenhoflerMay 20215/10Strangeland is an interesting foray by Wormwood Studios into the more artistic side of gaming, but will leave many feeling unfulfilled.
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PC GamerLuke KempMay 202169/100The narrative is strong and dark, but the game beneath it struggles to keep up.
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IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 17 ratings.
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