Unbacklogged
BrowseGames likeOther platformsHow it works
/
Pick for me
Sign in
Obscure

Elsinore

95% positive of 348 Steam reviews

View on Steam
Released
2019
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Golden Glitch.

About the game

Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.

Tagged by players

  • Time Travel
  • Simulation
  • Point & Click
  • Adventure
  • Choices Matter
  • Female Protagonist
  • Investigation
  • Story Rich
  • Time Manipulation
  • Time Management
  • Multiple Endings
  • Atmospheric

What players say

Games like Elsinore

See all games like Elsinore
Indie

Life is Strange - Episode 1

48% matchTime Travel, Choices Matter

96%176.4K reviews9.5 h
Obscure

Elansar

39% matchAdventure, Point & Click

63%11 reviews
Obscure

Epanalepsis

45% matchTime Travel, Adventure

53%13 reviews
Indie

The Forgotten City

46% matchTime Travel, Investigation

95%11.2K reviews7 hDeck
Obscure

Area-X

39% matchTime Travel, Simulation

100%27 reviews
AA

START AGAIN: a prologue

41% matchTime Travel, Choices Matter

95%630 reviews
Indie

Timespinner

41% matchTime Travel, Time Manipulation

86%2.8K reviewsDeck
Obscure

Kill The Clock

40% matchTime Travel, Investigation

88%45 reviews
Obscure

Loopbound

39% matchTime Travel, Time Management

72%36 reviews
AA

Syberia 3

40% matchPoint & Click, Female Protagonist

51%3.2K reviews
Obscure

Whispers of Prague: The Executioner's Last Cut

37% matchPoint & Click, Choices Matter

92%57 reviews
AA

Rue Valley

38% matchTime Travel, Point & Click

69%1.9K reviews8 hDeck
Not affiliated with Valve. Steam is a trademark of Valve Corporation.PrivacySettings
Very Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    Elsinore is a fascinating narrative adventure that reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet through an inventive combination of time manipulation, social simulation, and branching storytelling. Developed and published by Golden Glitch, the game places players in the role of Ophelia, who becomes trapped in a repeating four-day cycle after witnessing a terrifying vision of everyone in Elsinore Castle dying. Rather than…

    18 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
  • Recommended
    An incredible time loop puzzle game. Captures the feeling of everyting getting worse the more you try to fix things of groundhogs day-type movies incredibly well. Exploring the different cascading effects of ones choices and diverging timelines was a delight, I only wish they included some option to fast forward through already seen dialogue, got slightly annoying when working on some of the last puzzles.

    17 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
  • Not recommended
    As much as I truly love the story being told here, the wonderful list of characters, and how it adapts the Hamlet narrative... this is really only cult classic tier. It is a visual novel that clearly focuses on the characters, but is extremely open, almost too open - leaving the confusing experience of navigating the world for you to figure out for yourself. There is a lot of polish missing that would make this a…

    4.3 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.

    Read on Steam
All reviews on Steam