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Erstwhile

The neighborhood Thanksgiving party was going pretty well until you keeled over and died. Now you're a ghost, and you're going to figure out who killed you. But you can't exactly interview people or search for…

1 October 2018

Erstwhile is an adventure, released 1 October 2018 on Web browser.

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What Erstwhile is

Erstwhile was released in 2018. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Twine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The neighborhood Thanksgiving party was going pretty well until you keeled over and died. Now you're a ghost, and you're going to figure out who killed you. But you can't exactly interview people or search for clues when you're dead, can you? All you can do is piece together memories about what happened. No one said the memories had to be yours.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Erstwhile launched on 1 October 2018, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

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When did Erstwhile come out?
Erstwhile was released on 1 October 2018 for Web browser.

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