An interesting game to play in our current technological climate. I can't say I outwardly disagree with any of the ideas posed in this game, but the position taken is a seemingly dated one. Either that or this entire thing flew way over my head. There is also the caveat that I have very mixed feelings about the way the player interacts with the game itself. I had very little agency in anything that happened and my personal curiosity and interest were never met with any kind of response. That isn't overtly negative as I think the idea is you as the employee are an onlooker, but it would have been cool to have a little more happen in response to my active participation in all the little dots being connected. By engaging with the gameplay mechanics like viewing chat logs and work station messages I learned things and then that was it. This game took me about 3 hours to beat because I really wanted to look into all that I could with the hope that the game would reward me in some way. Ins...
Tacoma
- Release Date:
- Aug 1, 2017
- Metacritic:
- 76
- Developer:
- Fullbright
- Publisher:
- Serenity Forge, Fullbright
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac Linux
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About This Game
Commentary Mode Now Available!
We are proud to announce that Tacoma has been updated to include over TWO HOURS of audio commentary from the developers who helped bring the game to life! Just start a new game in Commentary Mode, or enable Commentary in the Gameplay options. Tacoma Station is now populated with dozens of Commentary icons, providing insight from the programmers, artists, writers, designers and more who made Tacoma happen. Thanks, and happy exploring!
About the Game
The Venturis Corporation wants their AI back. That’s where you come in.

Tacoma is a narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. As you go about your mission, you’ll explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
At the heart of Tacoma is the facility’s digital surveillance system, which has captured 3D recordings of pivotal moments in the crew’s life on the station. As you explore, echoes of these captured moments surround you. You’ll use your ability to rewind, fast-forward, and move through the physical space of these complex, interwoven scenes to examine events from every angle, reconstructing the multi-layered narrative as you explore.
Tacoma is the next game from the creators of Gone Home, and carries on that tradition of detailed, immersive, and powerful storytelling, while pulling players deeper into the narrative than ever before.
Now featuring over two hours of Developer Audio Commentary! Just start a new game with Commentary enabled, or toggle it on in the Gameplay options.
Features:
A Richly Layered Story Experience:
Six crewmembers lived and worked on space station Tacoma, forming relationships, experiencing love and loss, and facing crisis together. Discover not just what happened to these people, but what makes them who they are, through your role as an interactive investigator. The story is told through a series of fully voiced and animated interactive AR scenes, immersing you in the events on Tacoma.
A Groundbreaking Multi-Path Story System:
In each section of the station, you are surrounded by digital representations of crewmembers following their own parallel story threads that diverge, recombine, and split off again. Rewind, fast-forward, and move through these scenes’ chronologies as they swirl around you. Your interactive tools allow you to discover the tightly-knotted narrative from every angle, and in every detail.
A Deeply Interactive Gameworld:
Explore Tacoma Station both physically and digitally. Unlock doors and drawers to find meaningful objects, notes, and physical artifacts, while simultaneously exploring extensive records of the crew’s digital communications and personal thoughts. Every facet of the crew’s experience on Tacoma is part of your investigation.
A Vision of the Future:
Experience life in the year 2088. Discover a rich fictional universe that depicts humanity’s expansion into low-Earth orbit and beyond. A deeply-imagined speculative vision of the near future from the award-winning story team behind Gone Home and BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den.
A Compact Narrative Game:
Tacoma is estimated to take around 2 to 5 hours to complete. How deep you dig and how much detail you find is up to you. Tacoma is a non-combat, non-puzzle-focused game. The details of the story and gameworld are there for you to discover at your own pace.
Developer Commentary Mode!
Tacoma now includes over two hours of Audio Commentary from the writers, designers, programmers, artists and more who worked to bring the world of Tacoma to life. Learn secrets about Tacoma's fictional world, insight into the game development process, and personal stories from the people behind the game.
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User Reviews
Eh. I was excited to play this because I’m a fan of Gone Home, but ultimately I was left underwhelmed by the lame story. It feels like they wanted to do a reverse 2001: A Space Odyssey and it didn’t work for me. The ending was flat out dumb, in my opinion.
Fullbright did it again it's amazing.
The price is insane for a game that is 2 hours long. The narration is straightforward with very predictable twists.
Tacoma plays like a movie in terms of both duration and content, but it’s still hard not to love its optimistic story of working class solidarity in the face of ghoulish capitalist exploitation.
System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
- Processor: 1.9ghz Intel i5-equivalent processor or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 11 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
- Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 11 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD
FAQ
How much does Tacoma cost?
Tacoma costs $19.99.
What are the system requirements for Tacoma?
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit Processor: 1.9ghz Intel i5-equivalent processor or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD
What platforms is Tacoma available on?
Tacoma is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
Is Tacoma worth buying?
Tacoma has 73% positive reviews from 11 players. Metacritic score: 76/100.
When was Tacoma released?
Tacoma was released on Aug 1, 2017.
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