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The Search

70% positive of 357 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Jason Godbey.

About the game

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

Tagged by players

  • Philosophical
  • Hidden Object
  • Escape Room
  • Surreal
  • Point & Click
  • Short
  • Female Protagonist
  • Psychological
  • Relaxing
  • Exploration
  • Puzzle
  • Mystery

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What players say

  • Recommended
    An interesting Cerebral Journey with Paint A sequence of well planned puzzles which are dastardly hard to figure and will need turning on the clues. There is one house where I got turned around in a small passage so often I almost drew a map. BUT it's a brilliant immersive albeit short journey into the darkness of the idle mind and into bright beginnings. Using Art and creativity as metaphors for the processes that…

    1.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    As @AesAthena said in another comment below, the game looks good but it's not for me. Feels very pretentious in the way it's made. I don't mind the easy puzzles and reptitive mechanics as I was looking foward to know more. But in the end, all I've got it's quotes from Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung, vaguely related in a simplistic way of thinking about creativity. That's all the game. And the final punch, what was…

    55 min played when written. 58 found it helpful.

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