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EPONYMOUS

EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

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Developer
Minor Key Games
Publisher
Minor Key Games
Release
October 30, 2017
8 years and 277 days ago
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Mostly Positive57 reviews70.2%

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About the Game

A key without a lock. A solution without a mystery.
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading
is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures
from Minor Key Games (Eldritch).

  • Challenge your preconceptions
  • Remember why you were
  • Enable a self-fulfilling prophecy
  • But you can never change the past.
  • Collect mobility upgrades to navigate the world!!

EPONYMOUS is a short narrative/exploration game.
It can be finished in roughly nine or ten minutes.
It contains no combat or failure states.
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