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The Outer Islands

ABOUT THIS GAME

The Outer Islands is a mystery detective game set in 1956. Solve environmental puzzles, uncover hidden evidence, and evade rogue hospital machinery.

Where to buy: Steam

Original Release Date: TBD
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Detective, Puzzle
Players: Single Player
Platforms: PC
Developer: Ancient Clockwork Games
Publisher: Ancient Clockwork Games
GAME OVERVIEW & KEY FEATURES
  • A 1950s Mystery: Play as Detective Anne Shepherd in 1956 to investigate a mysterious signal transmitting from an island chain sealed off for two decades.

  • Atmospheric Exploration: Navigate interconnected industrial sites, abandoned automated hospitals, and strange, impossible spaces that bend the rules of reality.

  • Intricate Puzzles: Search the environment for clues, gather evidence, and solve intricate machinery puzzles to uncover the fate of the missing residents.

  • Hostile Machines: Evade, outsmart, or manipulate reactivated industrial technology and strange mechanical creatures that still believe they are treating patients.

  • Deep-Rooted Secrets: Dig into the buried experiments of the Malin family to uncover a much older, ancient presence waiting deep beneath the islands.

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