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IGDB / 113512

What Never Was

2019 69 / 100 Adventure Indie Puzzle

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

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Everything about What Never Was: story and gameplay

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Story & context

Sometime in the late 2000s, Howard James Wright - an old but kind man - perishes. Leaving behind him many adventures, relics he's collected over the years as well as books authored, he is also leaving Sarah, his granddaughter behind. Having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfather's attic, she is soon to find that not everything about her grandfather's attic is what it seems.

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What Never Was: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Acke Hallgren
Publisher
Acke Hallgren
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jan 10, 2019
  • Mac Jan 10, 2019
  • Linux Jan 10, 2019

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