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The Franz Kafka Videogame

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The protagonist named K., gets a sudden offer of employment and this event changes his life forcing him…

65 6 April 2017 from $1.04

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an adventure developed by mif2000, released 6 April 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.04 at Steam. The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.

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What The Franz Kafka Videogame is

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an adventure game developed by mif2000 and released in 2017. It was published by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The protagonist named K., gets a sudden offer of employment and this event changes his life forcing him to make a distant voyage. To his surprise, the world beyond his homeland appears to be not as normal as he would think. Together with K., you will experience an atmosphere of absurdity, surrealism, and total uncertainty.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Franz Kafka Videogame holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.04, that works out to about $0.52 per hour of the main story.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 256 MB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.04 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

The Franz Kafka Videogame launched on 6 April 2017, within three weeks of Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch and Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Franz Kafka Videogame — frequently asked questions

When did The Franz Kafka Videogame come out?
The Franz Kafka Videogame was released on 6 April 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does The Franz Kafka Videogame cost?
The cheapest current price for The Franz Kafka Videogame is $1.04 at Steam, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Franz Kafka Videogame?
At minimum, The Franz Kafka Videogame needs 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 256 MB graphics.
How long does it take to beat The Franz Kafka Videogame?
The main story of The Franz Kafka Videogame takes around 2 hrs.
Is The Franz Kafka Videogame worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.04, and the main story takes about 2 hrs, which works out to $0.52 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.

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