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The Seven Games of the Soul

In this dark adventure game you play as an old black man, Marcellus Faust. In an old theme park, now condemned and abandoned because of numerous disappearances which happened there, you meet Mephistopheles…

80 1 October 1999 ESRB M

The Seven Games of the Soul is an adventure developed by Arxel Tribe, released 1 October 1999 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Seven Games of the Soul is

The Seven Games of the Soul is an adventure game developed by Arxel Tribe and released in 1999. It was published by 1C Company. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this dark adventure game you play as an old black man, Marcellus Faust. In an old theme park, now condemned and abandoned because of numerous disappearances which happened there, you meet Mephistopheles, the Devil himself. Mephistopheles is not your typical red devil; he is instead a charismatic, charming and mysterious man. From there, your quest begins. The Devil asks you to help him: he had a quarrel with God (or the Boss, as he calls him) about whether or not 7 souls who lived here during the 1930 Depression era should be condemned. You have to investigate on their lives in the past and find evidences of their acts: the decision will be based on your findings. During your inquiry…
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How it plays

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

How it was received

The Seven Games of the Soul holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What it launched against

The Seven Games of the Soul launched on 1 October 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2 and Homeworld. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2, Homeworld.

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When did The Seven Games of the Soul come out?
The Seven Games of the Soul was released on 1 October 1999 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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