Obscure

As We Know It

71% positive of 21 Steam reviews

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Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Jaime Scribbles Games.

About the game

A heavily branching visual novel, featuring love, friendship and life-sim elements in a future destroyed by the sun.

Tagged by players

Otome
Underground
Post-apocalyptic
LGBTQ+
Romance
Dystopian
Dating Sim
Character Customization
Visual Novel
Female Protagonist
Choices Matter
Multiple Endings

What players say

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As We Know It

71% positive of 21 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2019
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Jaime Scribbles Games.

About the game

A heavily branching visual novel, featuring love, friendship and life-sim elements in a future destroyed by the sun.

Tagged by players

Otome
Underground
Post-apocalyptic
LGBTQ+
Romance
Dystopian
Dating Sim
Character Customization
Visual Novel
Female Protagonist
Choices Matter
Multiple Endings

What players say

Recommended
I've only done one playthrough so maybe I'll be proven wrong about this, but I'm a little disappointed. Not with the game itself, the game is lovely, but there's a vital choice that I feel robbed of as a player. I made the choice near the beginning of the game that I thought closing the doors during the storm was the wrong call, locking vulnerable people out in dangerous conditions. But that doesn't mean I wanted to…
5 h played when written. 19 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I love the game, but it depends on what you look for in a visual novel. If your main interest is unlocking unique art scenes for special endings and first kisses and such, then unfortunately you'll be disappointed. When you complete a playthrough, you're greeted by a black screen with a very simple "The end". However, the writing is solid and compelling, the character designs are fantastic, and I would die for…
6.7 h played when written. 35 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
As We Know It is not the game I hoped it was going to be. The reviews give the impression that this is a story-based VN, but it isn't, it's a dating sim. There is almost no story at all in the game. As We Know It starts with you moving into a creepy vault run by an isolationist dictator that your mother inexplicably instantly falls in love with. Every day you wake up, go to your mandatory work duty, and - instead of…
1.8 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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