The Space Between (2019)
3.38 from 16 ratings
60 members have it in their collection · 27 backlogged · 7 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Christoph Frey
- Publishers
- Christoph Frey
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Themes
- Horror, Mystery
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Apr 06, 2019 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Review vodsel 4/5 · Jun 21, 2020
"The mortifying ordeal of being known"
This is a short narrative game about intimacy, and how uncomfortable it can be to experience. It’s like that meme, the mortifying ordeal of being known in game form. And it also reminded me of how David Cronenberg’s movies, like Crash and Dead Ringers get at intimacy in a very round about way through eroticism. There’s nothing in this that …
Read moreThis is a short narrative game about intimacy, and how uncomfortable it can be to experience. It’s like that meme, the mortifying ordeal of being known in game form. And it also reminded me of how David Cronenberg’s movies, like Crash and Dead Ringers get at intimacy in a very round about way through eroticism. There’s nothing in this that is as explicit, but there is stuff in here that seems erotic. And maybe it isn't really erotic, but that it is confusing and unfamiliar feels poignant. Which I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game try to do, so for that alone I can recommend it, but I can go further and say that it was a cohesive and moody experience that is worth spending just shy of an hour’s worth of your time to either be confused by or, maybe, feel a little seen?
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