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Booth: A Dystopian Adventure

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.

What works
  • Engaging dystopian story with multiple endings
  • Challenging and varied inspection gameplay
  • Immersive pixel art and atmospheric music
  • Meaningful player choices affecting narrative
  • Good value for price
Things to keep in mind
  • Gameplay can become repetitive and tedious
  • Slow pacing and story interruptions
  • Some translation and writing issues
  • Lack of controller support
  • No multiplayer or social features

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Hidden Gems

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Booth: A Dystopian Adventure: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Why this game works

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