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Through the Kill Screen

95% positive of 21 Steam reviews

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Released
2022
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by James K. Isaac.

About the game

Through the Kill Screen, an Adventure-RPG about 1980s kids discovering what slumbers beyond the final levels of their favourite computer games. Drink a Slushie, win a Thumb War and save Snoring Town from a sinister conspiracy.

Tagged by players

  • Dark Comedy
  • Party-Based RPG
  • 1980s
  • JRPG
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Horror
  • Multiple Endings
  • Choices Matter
  • Cartoony
  • RPG
  • Story Rich
  • Mystery

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This project somehow reminded me of the old game "How to get a neighbor." Only here in the main roles is a specific boy, whose name is Leon, and the actions themselves take place 10-15 years earlier. All in all, I can recommend this game. 8/10

    1.5 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Good afternoon, today I want to share my opinion about the game Through the Kill Screen. Quite an unusual game, interesting graphics. I liked that the game has minimal installation requirements, as well as the installation itself did not take much time

    1.5 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    After 6 days of waiting for someone to help me pass this one part of the game when I left a post in discussion, the dev said that I needed to use the shoe to get out of the room in the yellow house. To me, that’s just crazy that someone would think of having to do that. Like, you would have to do it immediately after entering the room. I even tried to ask people in the reviews section, who had their review open for…

    4.4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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