Localhost
As a new recruit in a repair shop for synthetic bodies, your boss puts the pressure on to prepare a few hard drives for refurbishing. The trouble is, they're very alive, and it's up to you whether you can…
Localhost is an adventure developed by Aether Interactive, released 24 August 2017 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Localhost is
Localhost is an adventure game developed by Aether Interactive and released in 2017. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Twine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome aboard! It's your first day on the job in the last days before the singularity. You're undoubtedly a valuable addition to our team. We hope you'll find in our era of machine governance, the repair trade is a noble pursuit. Today's task? It's simple. We need to format and prepare these spare drives for refurbishment. Please use that personal assistant gynoid model for investigation purposes. And remember, above all, no questions. Pay no attention to the "souls" inside those drives. You will learn that synthetics will do anything to seem like a human. We made them that way.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Localhost launched on 24 August 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
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