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The Mind of Marlo

92% positive of 262 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Point Bleep Studios. Published by Baffled Crab.

About the game

Uniquely presented as an hour long documentary film, The Mind of Marlo is a narrative driven adventure game focusing on love, loss and silly heads. Laugh and cry with Marlo as he gets to the bottom of his life changing condition, known as Spontaneous Silly Head Syndrome.

Tagged by players

  • Point & Click
  • Short
  • Comedy
  • Narrative
  • Adventure
  • Story Rich
  • Psychological
  • Walking Simulator
  • Puzzle
  • Pixel Graphics

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Before playing The Mind of Mario I highly recommend that you try How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness. The latter was actually released later by Point Bleep Studios but it is free and it encapsulates the creators' brilliant delivery of humour. This is a point-and-click adventure game where we control Mario who suffers from an odd illness that makes his head transform into the head of various animals. This is…

    25 min played when written. 43 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Absolutely unique - a charming little point and click adventure with a unique theme and set up. I'd recommend this for any fans of off-beat adventures or mockumentaries! Be sure to stick around after "The End"

    39 min played when written. 18 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It looks like this game's humor appeals to children, so I didn't find it funny. The ending is also abrupt; the graphics are retro pixel, there is basically no story development, and the game is very short. It's actually not a terrible indie p'n'c game for children, but yet I don't understand why adventuregamers.com gives 5 stars and a "classic" rating for this. There are way better, more mature, and longer games…

    48 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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