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Thing-in-Itself

Thing-in-Itself is an interactive short story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant's concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship…

5 January 2017

Thing-in-Itself is an adventure developed by Party for Introverts, released 5 January 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Thing-in-Itself is

Thing-in-Itself is an adventure game developed by Party for Introverts and released in 2017. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Thing-in-Itself is an interactive short story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant's concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter. Thing-in-Itself is not a game in a traditional sense - it doesn't have win or lose conditions and doesn't present challenge to the player.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Thing-in-Itself launched on 5 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.

Official trailer

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When did Thing-in-Itself come out?
Thing-in-Itself was released on 5 January 2017 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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