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The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

LockedOn · 2022-02-10

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 01, 2021 (Mac), Oct 01, 2021 (Linux), Oct 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Catalyst Wake is a cinematic visual novel set in a vividly stylized post-apocalyptic world. Discover a thrilling story of assassins, corrupted leaders, and scrap-metal robots, as humanity faces what could be its final hours.

88%
positive of 17 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Only 3000 humans remain after three apocalyptic events, referred to as the "Catalysts", severely decreased the population. Catalyst One resulted in the air being toxic to breathe, so everyone wears masks. After the collapse of the government, various organizations have formed, and fight each other for territory and resources. Oliver Naut is a scrappy kid who has grown up alone in the Deadzones — the most toxic areas on the planet — with nothing but the robotic swords in his arms for protection. But now he's teamed up with Namo, a skilled ex-assassin, to prevent an army of robotic soldiers fro(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 88% of 17,005 Adventure games in the census by review count.

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