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Powers in the Basement

Illiterate Code Games · 2023-12-07

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2023 (Mac), Dec 07, 2023 (Linux)

A short point-and-click adventure game set in a comedic medieval fantasy world, deliberately reminiscent of the great classics from the 80s / 90s, with a specific sweet spot for LucasArts production.

86%
positive of 79 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 18,015 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Catalan

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