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The Protagonist: EX-1

The Protagonist features an extensive branching narrative and turn-based tactical combat - each choice the player makes affects the course of the game. It stars a Special Operative with the Terran military…

18 July 2021

The Protagonist: EX-1 is an indie developed by 3Mind Games, released 18 July 2021 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Protagonist: EX-1 is

The Protagonist: EX-1 is an indie game developed by 3Mind Games and released in 2021. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Protagonist features an extensive branching narrative and turn-based tactical combat - each choice the player makes affects the course of the game. It stars a Special Operative with the Terran military force code named: Angel. Her current mission is to infiltrate an alien space station of the invading KL-T but all doesn't go as planned. She awakens in the infirmary of the space station she’s tasked with infiltrating and needs to figure out how to escape this place while it’s in full lockdown.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Protagonist: EX-1 launched on 18 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Final Fantasy.

Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Final Fantasy.

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When did The Protagonist: EX-1 come out?
The Protagonist: EX-1 was released on 18 July 2021 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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