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The Piano

The Piano is a third-person singleplayer adventure game set in Paris in the late 1940's. After the murders of his formerly famous brothers, John Barnerway, a failed pianist, tries to solve the mystery behind…

50 4 June 2018

The Piano is an adventure developed by MistakenVisions, released 4 June 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Piano is

The Piano is an adventure game developed by MistakenVisions and released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this story-driven mystery game, you explore sceneries of his present and past while you try to collect his memories of his family and fight the monsters who wander his subconciousness. Guided by his psychiastrist you navigate John through the depths of his mind and witness the pain and the beauty in his life. Find each missing piece of his broken mind and help John to restore truth and justice.
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How it plays

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

How it was received

The Piano holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The Piano launched on 4 June 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Official trailer

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When did The Piano come out?
The Piano was released on 4 June 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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