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Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”

86% positive of 43 Steam reviews

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Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Snot Bubbles Productions, Music by Guidewire. Published by Snot Bubbles Productions.

About the game

Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.

Tagged by players

Adventure
Surreal
Female Protagonist
Psychological Horror
Point & Click
Horror
Mystery
Exploration
Story Rich
Atmospheric

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Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”

86% positive of 43 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Snot Bubbles Productions, Music by Guidewire. Published by Snot Bubbles Productions.

About the game

Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.

Tagged by players

Adventure
Surreal
Female Protagonist
Psychological Horror
Point & Click
Horror
Mystery
Exploration
Story Rich
Atmospheric

What players say

Recommended
I played Act 0 first, which is how I'd recommend going through this, as you're introduced to all of the characters enough there to care more about them when everything starts happening here. Also, while Act 0 improved the visual aspects of the game, I think Act 1 is a better game over all. The way the story is told to you in fragments is more interesting, the puzzles are more thoughtful. There is even a pretty solid…
2.3 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
The game was good and the story was fun. The controls' explanations on "how to open the inventory" or "how to swing the bat" are missing (they're not even mentioned to the player), luckily the "i" key for the inventory was easy to guess, while to swing the bat I had to press literally every word on the keyboard to get the right one (a "control" section in the menu, showing the player all the controls, wouldn't be so…
5.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Bought and played this game soon after release. Haven't played it since. Thought maybe it would've been fixed since then but seems the game has been abandoned. Liked the art style and the unique world, but unfortunately as other reviews have stated, it has several game breaking bugs. The one I ran into froze the game entirely, stopping all progress after about 2 hours of play-through. I tried restarting the file,…
5.1 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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