
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
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Year Unknown is a short "walking sim" with a branching narrative. It takes ~1 hour to complete.
Explore The Library, a megastructure the size of the universe, filled with all of humanity's knowledge. To guide you are two Artificial Intelligences, built to process its massive collection of information.
But something else is calling you - a distress call from the center of the universe. The stagnant universe is breaking down, and there may be no way to save it.

Explore brutalist landscapes, and find terminals to talk to two AI. Both have different thoughts and opinions, and might tell you different things. Fortunately, you have control: choose which AI to talk to, what to tell them or leave out, and ultimately, decide who you agree with.
Includes the following accessibility options:
Text size adjustment
OpenDyslexic as an alternative font
Text-to-speech
Option to reduce the motion of certain effects and sequences
Note: This game does not contain content from a generative AI. The AI in the game are written characters.
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Wish it was longer but the philosophical story is very well made.
[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "[b]First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games[/b]" for more games like this![/url][/quote] A short first-person sci-fi walking simulator. The entire gameplay consists of talking to AI(s) in various terminals scattered around the world. Because the game is so short (~30 minutes), I can't explain anything about the story without spoiling it. Overall, I thought it's worth the time to play. My only complaints were how short it is, and that the price seems exorbitant given the amount of gameplay.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 51 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Full disclosure, I playtested this game throughout its development and I'm so pleased and surprised with how it turned out. It's a genuinely beautiful and beautifully written game. If you enjoy just spending time in an otherworldly space you'll enjoy your time with this. It's got a great atmosphere and a great story to go with it. Highly recommended.
Aesthetically gorgeous existential narrative that delves into life's purpose, the nature of art, and optimism vs nihilism. Absolutely worth a look! hashtag not biased
Surprisingly good sci-fi short story, with a well made atmosphere and the exact kind of environments you want from a "megastructure". Easy recommend if you like this sort of thing. The ost deserves a shoutout as well
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this is a pretty cool game i like the museum
i like this game like how i like yaoi (i like men)
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