Simulacra
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Simulacra is an adventure developed by Kaigan Games, released 26 October 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. The main story takes about 3.5 hrs to finish.
What Simulacra is
Simulacra is an adventure game developed by Kaigan Games and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
You found the lost phone of a woman named Anna. In it, you see a desperate cry for help in the form of a video message. The phone behaves strangely as you dive deeper into it. You talk to her friends and they have no idea where she is. Her texts, emails and photo gallery provides fragments of information. It's up to you to piece it together. Recover lost files, piece back corrupted data, and retrace her final steps. Find her before it's too late.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Simulacra holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 50 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core Processor or newer, 2 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 8800 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2400, Intel HD or any OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphics card released from 2012 onwards. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Simulacra launched on 26 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Simulacra yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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