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Imaginary Friends

Imaginary Friends is a RPG Maker VX Ace horror/puzzle game that explores childhood fears and loneliness. You explore the main character's childhood by solving puzzles, while covering the past events to find…

1 May 2016

Imaginary Friends is an adventure developed by Mannytsu, released 1 May 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Imaginary Friends is

Imaginary Friends is an adventure game developed by Mannytsu and released in 2016. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on RPG Maker VX Ace.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Imaginary Friends is a RPG Maker VX Ace horror/puzzle game that explores childhood fears and loneliness. You explore the main character's childhood by solving puzzles, while covering the past events to find the reason why she doesn't have any friends. The Game relies more on psychological horror rather than jump scares and gore.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Imaginary Friends launched on 1 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016), Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.

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When did Imaginary Friends come out?
Imaginary Friends was released on 1 May 2016 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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