Alone in the crowd

If you like papers please but want more of a challenge and some humor then this is the game for you! The tutorial alone took me 4 hours and I'm 11 hours in and feel like I got another 11 or more. You will not regret buying this if this is the type of game is your jam!!

I encountered a literal game-breaking issue in the TUTORIAL. I was required to find and match a face in order to progress, but out of over 400 options the required face wasn't even in my game. This was a frustrating experience where I wasted time assuming that I was misunderstanding basic mechanics, watched a playthrough on youtube, checked the steam discussion forums, and finally manually looked through all 400+ options before confirming that my playthrough was messed up with no way to progress. I wasn't even able to make it to the proper game so I can't comment on that, but after this experience I have absolutely no confidence that the rest of the game will function properly and I'm sparing myself further wasted time and aggravation.

This game is a very pleasant surprise. It reminds Paper's Please and Mindscanners, the latter even more so, but without the pressure of the time constraints. The mechanics are thought out, introduced gradually and it's a joy to feel the mindful increase in complexity without being overwhelmed. Highly recommend to the paper-pusher puzzle fans.

Idea: 10/10 Execution: 7/10 Linux Support: I found the game would frequently crash under it's unofficial Proton support when lighting the surveillance footage. I ended up having to restart on Windows. This is a wonderful idea that is sometimes spectacular but can be a bit of a let down at others. The world is expertly realized, in that every citizen lives a full life and you're able to view them going about their day. I loved the camera, and once I finally understood what all the symbols were telling me, I loved that you could follow someone around the whole city. You spend ~4 hours simply learning all of the tools, their features, the rules of the world, etc, however once you're unleashed into the world, you only have a handful of fairly tedious quests to complete before the game ends. It appears there are several endings to the game, and I will likely try to achieve at least one other.

I wouldn't really recommend this game to everyone, given it's bland story. But the surprising scale and continuously growing complexity (which prevents you from getting bored) show that it deserves much more attention than it has now with just a couple reviews in half a year since release.

A fascinating investigative game where you need to find the exact right person in a city of thousands. It is immensely satisfying to become familiar with each tool at your disposal, and the writing is good enough to keep you chugging along, following requests -- or defying your AI handler -- as you go.

Had a great time playing this game. Towards the end though when you've really understood the game it starts to feel like It's saying "ok it looks like you understand the concept but let's really make sure you understand the task" After each little task you get a dialogue option but not in a "choices matter" style as ultimately you will read through all of them and it doesnt make a bit of difference what order. Things really click and it's quite satisfying how you have this huge guess who board which you filter down to 1 person and fulfill whatever task you may have but there isn't much emotion or drive to the story like papers please (if you take to long you dont get much money and you have to make tough choices, incorrect judgement you get fired) and once you get the gadgets down you're effectively just rinse and repeating. I'd buy it again but I don't think I'll get replaying out of it when the achievements are simply a case of how much you want to go against the grain 10 more time...

Made a shot in the dark on a sale and I'm so glad I did; what a great game! If you like Papers Please, this game will scratch that itch real good!

stalking and searching strangers with physical attributes such as height, weight, and color of their skin is something we can't do in this politically corrected world. and this game fills that unsettling void in our lives. some mechanics are similar to Papers, Please, but quite original on its own. + art. + creepiness. + stalking people by increments of seconds. + thorough in-game explanations. + mysteries. + extensive game depth with combinations of all the gadgets. - long tutorial. - no option to make gadgets stationary so they won't swap. - joystick for the camera is too sensitive. - extremely confusing camera & building position and orientation. - knocking.

got softlocked 2 hours in. no way to fix this other than restart the entire game. gave it the benefit of the doubt cause its a pretty fun game otherwise and decided to restart the game. i couldn't even get the point i was at before being softlocked again. wont fool me 3 times