The Kids We Were
The Kids We Were is an award-winning adventure game originally released worldwide for smartphones in February, 2020. Selected as one of the top 3 titles at the Google Play Indie Games Festival 2020, it has…
The Kids We Were is an adventure, released 31 May 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Kids We Were is
The Kids We Were was released in 2020. It was published by GAGEX Co.,Ltd.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Kids We Were is a cinematic adventure game with a heavy focus on narrative. Set in the late Japanese Showa era (the 1980s), it's a nostalgic journey through a unique time in Japan's recent history. Take on the role of Minato, a young boy who sets out on an unexpected and incredible summer adventure. Our story begins with Minato arriving in the small town of Kagami, an exceptionally ordinary sort of place in a sleepy suburb of Tokyo. But there's more to this simple trip than meets the eye. Minato has a secret objective: he intends to find his missing father, who is supposedly living somewhere in the area. Our young sleuth Minato wastes no time getting started, and soon finds a puzzling…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are drama, kids and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Kids We Were launched on 31 May 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Valorant, Desperados III and Deep Rock Galactic. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Valorant, Desperados III, Deep Rock Galactic.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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