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M1: A Death in the Desert

When M wakes up in an abandoned hotel he has no memory of how he got there. In the bedside draw he finds a list with three names and a gun with three bullets, but what he does with this information is up to you. How far will you go to discover the truth?

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Release
August 8, 2017
8 years and 361 days ago
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Mostly Positive39 reviews71.8%

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About the Game

When M wakes up in an abandoned hotel he has no memory of how he got there. In the bedside draw he finds a list with three names and a gun with three bullets, but what he does with this information is up to you. Embark on a violence-soaked post-apocalyptic adventure where the answers to your questions come at a price. How far will you go to discover the truth?

Features

  • An engaging visual novel with deep moral choices

  • A labyrinth of branching pathways that culminate in one of five distinct endings

  • Two and a half thousand lines of dialogue told across fifteen locations. A full playthrough takes approximately 3–4 hours depending on reading speed.