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Drowning

Walk in the shoes of this teenage boy who learns to live with his inner demon.

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Developer
Polygonal Wolf
Publisher
Sometimes You
Release
November 7, 2018
7 years and 270 days ago
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Mixed25 reviews56.0%

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About the Game

Drowning is a short game about a boy who quickly discovers he has depression in his earlier years of high school. Walk through a variety of beautiful low-poly environments as a story unfolds about how he deals with depression.

You will play in the eyes of a young boy starting out high school in year 7, and play through his following years, where he learns that living with depression is like living with someone trying to put you down all the time.

Walk through all the beautiful environments with a lovely soundtrack that suits the current mood of the game, and find all the hidden endings.
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