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The Franz Kafka Videogame

63% positive of 649 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by Denis Galanin (mif2000). Published by Daedalic Entertainment.

About the game

An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.

Tagged by players

  • Experimental
  • Surreal
  • Short
  • Dynamic Narration
  • Parody
  • 2.5D
  • Atmospheric
  • Point & Click
  • Noir
  • Adventure
  • Dark Humor
  • Puzzle

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This is Franz Kafka's literary ethos translated flawlessly into interactive space. Most games misuse "Kafkaesque" as a shallow shorthand for bureaucracy or weirdness. This title, however, grasps the true essence of Kafka's world—including its subtle, ludicrous, and deeply absurd sense of comedy: that exact brand of deadpan humor Kafka himself found in the human condition. It brilliantly captures the spatial and…

    1.6 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    One of the worst games I have probably played in the past year. Easily the most "meta" point-and-click puzzle game of all time, and it's horrible for it. Extremely shallow and short. The game just throws random passing references about Franz Kafka but isn't really much about him or his themes. It just brings up certain details or pieces of his work, like Metamorphosis, but does not make anything sensible about all…

    2 h played when written. 147 found it helpful.

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