Stilstand
A dark, whimsical, and absurd interactive comic by artist Ida Hartmann, exploring the despair and loneliness of a young woman living alone through a long summer in Copenhagen.
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August 27, 2020
5 years and 340 days ago
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Very Positive76 reviews93.4%
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7 itemsAbout the Game
Stilstand is an award-winning interactive comic by artist Ida Hartmann and game studio Niila Games. It is a deeply personal journey into the mind of a young woman as she tries to stay afloat in Copenhagen during a summer riddled with hopelessness. Amid the desire for isolation there’s still a hope that one day, things will change. Maybe the shadow monster in her apartment can help her?
Stilstand is a personal and hand-drawn tale about the high expectations and the fragile limbo of feeling stuck in life. It is a whimsical and absurd portrayal of anxiety, loneliness, and despair, and brings the player with it on an adventure into the emotional landscape of a lost soul.
- Flip through the pages of an interactive graphic novel and watch it come to life as you play.
- Search for love and adventures, send text messages, and scroll through strange social media feeds.
- Play unique mini-games.
- Enjoy detailed and expressive black and white illustrations and a genre-bending cinematic soundtrack.
Stilstand has an average playtime of 1 hour.
