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The Archivist and the Revolution

A woman alone in a dying city, on a dying world. What will be left when it all falls apart? The Archivist and the Revolution is a slice-of-life/romance/history simulator set in a far-future sealed city that…

1 October 2022

The Archivist and the Revolution is an indie developed by Autumn Chen, released 1 October 2022 on Web browser.

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What The Archivist and the Revolution is

The Archivist and the Revolution is an indie game developed by Autumn Chen and released in 2022. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Dendry.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A woman alone in a dying city, on a dying world. What will be left when it all falls apart? The Archivist and the Revolution is a slice-of-life/romance/history simulator set in a far-future sealed city that has undergone cycles of destruction and revival. You play as Em, a middle-aged woman who is no longer an archivist, as she struggles with rent payments, chronic illness, and the remnants of past relationships.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Archivist and the Revolution launched on 1 October 2022, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island and The Case of the Golden Idol.

Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol.

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When did The Archivist and the Revolution come out?
The Archivist and the Revolution was released on 1 October 2022 for Web browser.

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