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The Absence of Is

The Absence of Is is a science-fiction game based on a novel of the same name by Jeffrey Klinicke.

21 February 2015

The Absence of Is is an adventure developed by Badru, released 21 February 2015 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Absence of Is is

The Absence of Is is an adventure game developed by Badru and released in 2015. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

For the first time in human history, the living are able to make real attempts at studying the afterlife. Lead the first mission into this new frontier as a team of four researchers and scientists—are these visions just random neural firings, or are you really on your way to another world?
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Absence of Is launched on 21 February 2015, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Cities: Skylines.

Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines.

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When did The Absence of Is come out?
The Absence of Is was released on 21 February 2015 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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