Paratopic

"Paratopic is probably the most important first-person game this year."
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You got caught smuggling VHS tapes across the border, and now there's hell to pay. You want to find an elusive rare bird in the forest and snap its picture. You have to kill a man in the back room of a shady diner.
This is Paratopic, an experimental first-person horror game named by Rock, Paper, Shotgun as one of the best games of 2018, and by FACT mag as having one of the top 10 soundtracks of the year.
  • A narrative, horror tinged adventure game that takes you on a journey through a cruel fever dream world.
  • Cutting between numerous detailed and varied vignettes, unravel how the stories of three separate characters intersect.
  • Explore the detritus of forbidden industry, kill, drive through the night, find yourself in conversation with some very off-kilter individuals.
  • A leisurely playthrough should take forty five minutes give or take, with plenty more to discover in the detailed, grimey low polygon environments. Or speedrun it, if you'd prefer.
  • Over an hour of gorgeous dark ambient music is used to create our subtly dynamic soundscape. An anachronistic blend of modern and outdated production as glitches and textural pads meet synthesis & sampling akin to a haunted recollection of 90s Unreal Engine soundtracks.
Minimum Requirements
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core Duo Q8300 @ 2.5GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage: 392 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Additional Notes: These specifications match the lowest tested.
Recommended Specifications
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5 or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 or Higher
Storage: 392 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Minimum Requirements
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: OS 10.10
Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB
Storage: 407 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Additional Notes: These specifications match the lowest tested.
Recommended Specifications
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: OS 10.14
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100
Storage: 407 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Minimum Requirements
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS+
Processor: Intel Core Duo Q8300 @ 2.5GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage: 407 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Additional Notes: These specifications match the lowest tested.
Recommended Specifications
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or SteamOS+
Processor: Intel Core i5 or higher
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 or Higher
Storage: 407 MB available space
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
  • Paratopic‘s unique approach to storytelling and its unsettling content come together in a lo-fi, short experience that left me wanting more of this world and this story. But seriously, don’t watch the tapes.

  • CD-Action

    An experiment developed with virtually non-existent budget and a very specific intention: to expose players to an unpredictable, disturbing nightmare born in a mind consumed by fever. [12/2018, p.77]

  • Paratopic is a lo-fi horror game that represents golden PS1 era with its style, graphics and ability to complete it in one sitting.

Paratopic
$5.49 $2.61
Title: Paratopic
Genre: Adventure, Indie
Released: 6 September 2018
Developer: Arbitrary Metric
Publisher: Arbitrary Metric
  • Single-player
  • Steam Achievements
  • Captions available
  • Full controller support
UI Audio Subs
English
Japanese
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