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The Great Perhaps

The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact - an old lantern, in the light of which…

14 August 2019

The Great Perhaps is an adventure developed by Caligari Games, released 14 August 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

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What The Great Perhaps is

The Great Perhaps is an adventure game developed by Caligari Games and released in 2019. It was published by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact - an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Great Perhaps launched on 14 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain and Remnant: From the Ashes. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain, Remnant: From the Ashes.

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When did The Great Perhaps come out?
The Great Perhaps was released on 14 August 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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