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To Dawn and Back

As Jacob Lee, you've been sent to live with your Aunt in the last days of winter vacation following a terrible family tragedy. Meet new people, make choices, and explore the spaces between dreams and memories…

17 August 2020

To Dawn and Back is an adventure developed by Pagan Black, released 17 August 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What To Dawn and Back is

To Dawn and Back is an adventure game developed by Pagan Black and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Smile Game Builder.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As Jacob Lee, you've been sent to live with your Aunt in the last days of winter vacation following a terrible family tragedy. Meet new people, make choices, and explore the spaces between dreams and memories. To Dawn and Back is a non-violent surrealist art-horror game inspired by visual novels and immersive sims. With more than 20 unique dreams determined by your actions and more than a dozen unique characters, I hope it is an adventure that will stay with you when you step away from the screen
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

To Dawn and Back launched on 17 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Risk of Rain 2.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2.

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When did To Dawn and Back come out?
To Dawn and Back was released on 17 August 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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