Faraway: Arctic Escape
Escape all-new distant places in Faraway 3: Arctic Escape that are full of mind-bending puzzles and new exciting locations to explore. This room escape game will challenge your puzzle solving ability. Sequel to one of the all-time best escape games with over a million players!
FASCINATING STORY
It’s been several years now, since your journey began, searching for your lost father. After unraveling a huge number of mind-boggling puzzles, the last gateway you entered took you to an altogether new wintery continent filled with frosty, new temples to investigate. You seem to be getting closer to finding your father, all the while you are still finding notes he left behind.
Observe the arctic environment, collect items, manipulate devices and solve perplexing puzzles to escape frosty temple labyrinths.
COMPLEX PUZZLES
Explore 18 new temples packed with escape puzzles, Explore a 3D world that will captivate you from the moment you begin. Turn, look and explore mind-bending puzzles and contraptions.
RIVETING LOCATIONS
Navigate through one of the easiest 3d environments in an escape game while enjoying an ambient soundtrack. Uncovering secrets have never been so much fun.
THE MYSTERY CONTINUES
You have many more pages of your father’s missing journal to find, maybe then you will unlock your family’s past. This is an escape game that will keep you engaged for many hours!
NEW FEATURES
In game camera allows you to take snapshots and save them for later use.
Enter an all-new, fascinating world of room escape games & puzzles with Faraway 3: Arctic Escape!
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Icebound
Not a bad game, not a great game but pretty good compared to most steam VN in my opinion.
Plenty of choices in the game and different endings..tho a lack of romance options i am happy
that there atleast was one in the game.The puzzle game is not to hard and not to easy, perfect for
me.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
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Alchemy is more than just a handy skill in the world of Permia. Alchemists are both admired and feared and have the ability to sort out problems and fix what was once broken. With a strong emphasis on character development and world-building, the simple task of discovering a monster that’s been terrorizing a town becomes all the more intricate. It has beautiful art direction, fitting music, and an alchemy mini-game that is placed at just the right parts of the game to leave me refreshed. I couldn’t get enough of Icebound, by Fastermind Games.
– Real player with 9.5 hrs in game
Once in Flowerlake
Take a Moment.
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Take a moment and try to conceive yourself beeing an old man, sitting in a small cottage and all around the deepest winter you can imagine.
You have a bed, a stove and a Computer.
And you have a little Job.
Taking care of 4 Machines out there in the Snow.
Day after Day.
Eating, working sleeping, repeat.
But one day something is happening, that belongs not to your daily Routine.
Welcome to ONCE IN FLOWERLAKE!
Let me set one thing clear at the Beginning.
This Game may be short, but took me by surprise.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
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The game plunges us into a world of hopelessness, it would seem that there is no way out, the routine has swallowed us up and will continue this way until the end of our days. But by chance, everything changes dramatically and we have a chance to break out of the vicious circle and be saved.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
The Pale Beyond
Five years ago, The Viscount and its crew set sail into The Pale Passage in search of absolute magnetic South. The ship and its crew were tragically lost to the ice, never to be seen again. Her sister ship, The Temperance shall follow in her path, hoping to find answers where The Viscount failed.
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond.
A polar exploration game set in an unforgiving frozen wasteland where you embark on a treacherous voyage across the ice and into the Pale Beyond. It’s a stunning yet harsh landscape that can change at any moment.
Every decision matters. As the expedition unfolds and the winter approaches, every decision you make will have a meaningful impact on the story as you navigate a way over the ice.
After the Captain mysteriously goes missing, you unwillingly take the position of Captain. You didn’t ask to lead this crew but here you are: stuck in the ice, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead.
Keeping the crew and sled dogs safe, fed, and warm during an expedition is key for survival. Surviving the ice will matter little in the face of a mutiny, every vote will count. So keep the crew on your side.
Inspired by Victorian etchings and historic paintings of the time depicting the ice, each character and environment has been drawn by hand. The result is a unique artstyle with an expressive cast to see you through the cold and grim environment of the ice.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/The_Pale_Beyond
Facility 47
I enjoyed the puzzles. The hints were useful if you weren’t sure where to go next, but maybe gave away too much information, so use with caution. I enjoyed the nod to the original two-word command dos games, which I started on. I could have wished for a longer game. There is plenty of room for an expanded mystery storyline and additional exploring. I would have enjoyed a longer game.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
facility 47 originally came out in 2014 on mobile platforms, made its way to pc a bit later, and to steam in 2020. it’s a somewhat lacking mobile port, but a fun point & click adventure overall.
the game is set in a research facility in antarctica. everybody seems to have disappeared, the base abandoned, and you find yourself in a locked cell. while trying to find a way out, you’ll solve various puzzles and find out what happened by reading journal entries, emails and such. luckily, there’s no timer or timed puzzles, nor enemies, combat or any other nonsense that would ruin puzzling.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
Wintertwined
When Winter and Giles find themselves stuck in a cabin during a snowstorm, they discover it’s horrific history.
Wintertwined will be a narrative focussed, puzzle horror game.
You take control of Winter, a stubborn, people shy young adult, who’s struggling to stay alive during an apocalypse. With the aid of Giles, Winter’s parental guardian, they must work together to survive the night in the cabin.
In order to make it out alive, you’ll have to solve puzzles and explore dangerous locations.
Wintertwined is currently in development and planned for a commercial release in 2022
Features
• A slow burn mystery with multiple endings
• Original soundtrack by Harumi Makoto
• Puzzles with 3 difficulty levels
• Original spritework
Christmas Adventures: A Winter Night’s Dream
There aren’t many things that deserve to be hated with raw and ungodly passion, but this game (if it can even be called that) is one of them. In the best of times, I loved this game for what it was. The art is beautiful, the the concept is charming, the music is delicately blissful, and it is a fun thing to play to pass the time while enjoying a nice winter night. At the worst of times, I was simply able to brush off the nonsense mechanics that occasionally popped up as simple elements to move the story forward and get you the items you needed to fill the time. All in all, this was supposed to be a fun and relaxing game that, while at times a little illogical and goofy, wouldn’t cause unbridled rage and resentment for the capability of humans to vomit up the most sinful of false entertainment. Everything was going great until I got to the volcano rune drawing part (if that sounds absurd, it’s because it is and deserves to be mocked like pig garbage slap trash that it is) which proved to be the feature that turned this game from a nice Christmas adventure to a hellish nightmare like that of my reoccurring night terrors. Suffocating from the merciless downfall of thick black ash only to be overtaken by the destructive fire of Earth’s magma in my dying breath would be more enjoyable than this game. I’d rather scissor kick a bear and challenge it’s superior strength than play this game. I’d rather Santa show up at my house in the middle of July when I’m sleep in bed sweating from the Summer heat and throat punch my unsuspecting neck for ever buying this game. Don’t let yourself enjoy this game just to have that happiness ripped from your innocent little hands, your cute little innocent gamer hands. This game is worse than swallowing water the wrong way and you start to cough when there are other people around and they all start asking you if you’re okay and you try to stop coughing and just wish they’d stop looking at you and your face is getting all red but you just have to say your okay when you’re not. I hate this game so much that I don’t even want to get a refund because the money I used to spend it feels doomed to only purchase me gross little piles of gutter trash thrown away in a dumpster fire. Laughing at inappropriate times because someone made you laugh and just the idea of having to stop laughing in that moment but not being able to, thus causing you to laugh more and making everyone look at you and think “what the heck is wrong with that person why are they laughing right now they’re awful” sounds like a better time than playing this game. Now, one might ask, “Stranger leaving this review, did you finish the game after you got past the volcano rune drawing puzzle?” and as a response, I would say, “Yes, I did finish the game, but only because I’m prideful and refused to let this game win.” Now, is that to say that I didn’t use the SKIP button to get past the volcano rune drawing puzzle? No, it’s not to say that, because that’s exactly what I did. And maybe haters will say that by doing that, the game did win. And to that I say that you’re entitled to your stupid and wrong and thoughtless opinion but you’re wrong and dumb like this game. I’ve spent nearly 26 years of my adult life playing video games for a living okay? I make AT LEAST $127 MONTHLY from playing video games so I know what I’m talking about. I have a YouTube channel (slapdumpy56) and I’m along the elite gamers of the world. I pay my taxes, I’m an American, I drive a Ford pickup, my neighbor has a cousin that served in the military before being dishonorably discharged for scissor kicking his superior, so I shouldn’t have to put up with this. This game took tax payer money to make and this is what we have to show for it? Wake up sheeple.
– Real player with 35.7 hrs in game
The clues for this game are so obtuse. There are mini activities you have to complete before each hidden object puzzle and most of the time the clues barely give any indication of what you are to be looking for or do. I don’t think this is a translation error as they are super short and vague. There are a couple of translation errors that will leave you randomly clicking until you find what it is you’re looking for (like a lobster, named Omar); however the first game in the Christmas Adventure series has similar translation errors so I went in expecting it. I had a super frustrating time with this game, unlike its predecessor, and I don’t play hidden object games to spend the entire time bumbling around pulling my hair out; I like to play them as a form of relaxation. In general, I was really disappointed with this one but I’m hoping that they’ll continue the series (spoiler: there’s a cliffhanger of sorts) and improve on these things. I won’t give up on them just yet! (Also, I’m hoping they fix the 2 broken achievements as I’m a bit of a completionist.)
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Mystery Trails
The year 1910, you’re a mountain rescuer and a hiking guide who has just received information about an accident in the area.
Your instinct tells you that this time it’s not going to be a regular one and it might be too late for the victims.
Soon after that you find a body and realize something strange happened out there, and it’s up to you to find out what it was.
In order to get the answers you’re seeking, you’ll also have to use your detective abilities.
You’re not a private investigator, but you’ll have to become one.
Think outside of the box, look for hidden details and interview potential witnesses.
Keep in mind that the weather won’t allow you to take it slow, time pressure is on you!
Gather your equipment and make sure you’re confident in your own skills.
From climbing and skiing, through the proper reading of the map, all the way to tracking, avoiding and fighting animals.
There’s no room for error in this environment, so better keep your focus!
In the end, staying calm, cool and collected might save your life.
It’s always further than it looks, always taller than it looks, and always harder than it looks - the 3 rules of mountaineering. This isn’t another walk in the park.
Experience the harshest weather conditions and survive against them. Mother Nature doesn’t spoil you, and she surely shows no signs of mercy.
Explore the magnificent world of hiking, looking at it through the eyes of an experienced mountaineer.
Enjoy the breathtaking views and connect yourself with the natural world finding the freedom from worry, towards a true peace of mind!
Chionophile
While this game is tiny (the trailer honestly shows you most of the game) it’s stunningly pretty in a way you can’t quite define. Like other walking sims from the dev we are outside, this time in winter. Kind of like Bottle, but with a more upbeat tone and fresher graphics. It is short, especially if you use your right mouse button to act as a sort of heads up display and track down flowers and platforms quickly.
But there’s also a lot more to explore once you’ve checked all the achievements off your list. Honestly, yes, it’s short. I clocked in at 45 minutes, and I got terribly lost too. But it is also like Bottle in that you can make your own fun. Go back in and take a lovely walk in the gorgeous landscape. Let your worries go and just be.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
In a similar vein to “Pluviophile”, it’s a nice looking environment, but with a number of strange design choices that mar its potential to be a nice peaceful walk.
To start, there are still, for some reason, flowers that you need to pick up and take to stone circles to open the path forward. There isn’t anything inherently interesting about the mechanic, so it just detracts from the experience by arbitrating certain places where you must go, making you less inclined to explore elsewhere on your own.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
#### A mystical game in Canadian far north
Inua is a mystical narrative adventure spanning several time periods in the Canadian far north.
Follow the story of Taïna, Peter and Simon, three characters separated by more than a century but whose destinies are mysteriously intertwined with Nanurluk, the great polar bear.
10 000 thousand years ago, nanurluk lived peacefully with her cubs? One day, motivated by ambition and their desire to show their superiority, humans attacked her. After a long and dire hunt, Nanurluk was slain ,disturbing the balance between man and nature.
Navigate through time and instill ideas into the minds of characters to bring back harmony to the world.
#### Of time and space
Travel to the Canadian far north, navigate between the ages and interact with the past to change the present. Inua, will have you unravel space-time to solve puzzles and guide the characters. Each level is made up of several scenes that take place in the same location, but at different times. As you move from scene to scene and era to era, you will uncover events from the past. You will be able to breathe new ideas into the characters to help them overcome the obstacles that stand in their way and change the course of history.
#### An epic of historic proportion
The original and supernatural scenario of Inua is based on a very real story: that of the Franklin Expedition, a British mission in the 19th century set to explore the then unknown Arctic. Shipwreck, illness, mutiny: by gathering clues, you can shed light on the tragic destiny of this expedition, whose fate is still largely unknown..
#### Inua - A Story in Ice and Time is :
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A supernatural tale based on incredible historical facts.
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An extraordinary story inspired by Inuit spirituality, based on extensive research with Inuit artists and supervised by an Inuit author
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Original puzzles based on space and time manipulation
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A game conceived by the creators of Bury Me, my Love and Vignettes, adapted from an original story by Nathalie Frassoni and Frédéric Bouvier, under the breathtaking artistic direction of Delphine Fourneau of the Klondike collective