Sym is an indie developed by Atrax Game, released 7 May 2015 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sym is
Sym is an indie game developed by Atrax Game and released in 2015. It was published by Mastertronic. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adobe AIR.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Guide Josh, a teenage boy affected by social anxiety disorder, through a shifting maze of of black-and-white. Move at will between reality and the world Josh created to avoid his fears, but beware of the dangers lurking across the divide.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Sym holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Sym launched on 7 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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