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So Obscure;

Share your hopes, insecurities, and favourite albums as you navigate an online friendship through a series of chat conversations.

31 March 2018

So Obscure; is a visual novel developed by Yam Harvest Games, released 31 March 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What So Obscure; is

So Obscure; is a visual novel game developed by Yam Harvest Games and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Share your hopes, insecurities, and favourite albums as you navigate an online friendship between two isolated high school students. Brandon is a recent transfer at his high school, having been torn away from his friends and hometown upon his parents' repatriation to Hong Kong. Rejected by his peers in his new environment and struggling to adjust to his parents' home country, he openly vents his frustrations on his blog for the world to see. Sam (renameable) is a born-and-raised Hong Konger with an eclectic taste in music, who spends most of their time lamenting the lack of warped tour dates in their local area. By chance, Sam comes across the blog of Brandon, who loves all the same bands…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

So Obscure; launched on 31 March 2018, within three weeks of God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018) and Sea of Thieves.

Released around the same time: God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018), Sea of Thieves.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did So Obscure; come out?
So Obscure; was released on 31 March 2018 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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