Mainlining is an adventure developed by Rebelephant, released 26 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Mainlining is
Mainlining is an adventure game developed by Rebelephant and released in 2017. It was published by Merge Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from within the environment of your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
How it plays
Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Mainlining holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 2.6GHz, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Mainlining launched on 26 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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