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Gods Will Be Watching

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your…

64 30 April 2013 from $1.99

Gods Will Be Watching is an adventure developed by Deconstructeam, released 30 April 2013 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.

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What Gods Will Be Watching is

Gods Will Be Watching is an adventure game developed by Deconstructeam and released in 2013. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on GameMaker.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gods Will Be Watching is a point-and-click adventure video game created by Spain-based development studio Deconstructeam and published by Devolver Digital, released on 24 July 2014. Described as a "point-and-click thriller", the game revolves around a core mechanic of resource and time management, in which the player is placed in various scenarios and tasked to avert a crisis. The iOS port of Gods Will Be Watching was released on 17 December 2015.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Gods Will Be Watching holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.31 per hour of the main story, or $0.13 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core™ Duo or faster, 2 GB RAM and Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with at least 512Mb. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Gods Will Be Watching launched on 30 April 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Age of Empires II HD. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gods Will Be Watching yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Gods Will Be Watching — frequently asked questions

When did Gods Will Be Watching come out?
Gods Will Be Watching was released on 30 April 2013 for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.
How much does Gods Will Be Watching cost?
The cheapest current price for Gods Will Be Watching is $1.99 at GOG, which is 80% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Gods Will Be Watching?
At minimum, Gods Will Be Watching needs Intel Core™ Duo or faster, 2 GB RAM, Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with at least 512Mb graphics, 460 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Gods Will Be Watching?
The main story of Gods Will Be Watching takes around 6.5 hrs, or 15 hrs for 100% completion.
Is Gods Will Be Watching worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.99, and the main story takes about 6.5 hrs, which works out to $0.31 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.
How many GB is Gods Will Be Watching?
The PC version needs about 0.4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("460 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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