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The Man Came Around

84% positive of 65 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Thierry Brim.

About the game

The Man Came Around is a survival game with narrative choices. Play five activists fleeing a police state. Cross the border. Evade the cops. Scavenge resources. Survive the elements. Will you put your group at risk to help others along the way, or betray your principles to survive?

Tagged by players

  • Noir
  • Thriller
  • Perma Death
  • Dystopian
  • Difficult
  • Surreal
  • Point & Click
  • Survival
  • Choices Matter
  • Multiple Endings
  • Interactive Fiction
  • RPG

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Great game. Love the black & white art style. I'm probably only halfway but the character-arcs are interesting and I'm really invested in their survival and the overarching story. I was very stressed because there aren't that many save points but they came just at the right time causing a big relief :) Curious for the ending!

    2.5 h played when written. 21 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    It felt like a movie. There is something about the ambiance, and having to make risky choices to know more and to go forward into the story. The visuals, the musics and each character stories hold well together, I never played something like that. The themes are very actual and spot on, many of us are on the verge of having to go through similar life altering situations, already did, or are actually living it right…

    3 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Extremely basic resource management gameplay: use matches to keep warm, consume food to maintain stamina, use flashbangs or cash bribes on guards, resolve random events to obtain these resources (and if you're unlucky, you're screwed), repeat ad nauseam. Occasionally you will be given the choice of sacrificing one character to save the rest of the group or having a random chance of saving the entire group. This…

    49 min played when written. 13 found it helpful.

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