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The Dead City

The Dead City is a short first-person point and click adventure set in the gloomy decay of a futuristic city. Polluted rain falls from the sky and runs into a river more toxin than water. As the main…

21 June 2004

The Dead City is an adventure developed by Nihilistic Software, released 21 June 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Dead City is

The Dead City is an adventure game developed by Nihilistic Software and released in 2004. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Wintermute Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Three months have passed since you found your girlfiriend's corpse on the floor of the apartment. Veins severed. Eyes cut out. A vicious binge of drink and drugs landed you in a mental ward. Now you're out. And more girls being found dead. Just like Tess.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Dead City launched on 21 June 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.

Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.

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When did The Dead City come out?
The Dead City was released on 21 June 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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