Games like Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
by DigiTales Interactive
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Cyberpunk · Noir
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Both: Detective · Noir · Cyberpunk
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Both: Dialogue Heavy · Cyberpunk · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Multiple Endings · Detective · Sci-fi
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Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter · Detective
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Both: Pixel Graphics · Multiple Endings · Detective
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Both: Dialogue Heavy · Sci-fi · Choices Matter
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Both: Multiple Endings · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Sci-fi
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Both: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings · Sci-fi
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Both: Multiple Endings · Choices Matter
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Pixel Graphics
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Pixel Graphics
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Both: Pixel Graphics · Cyberpunk · Dialogue Heavy
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Both: Detective · Dialogue Heavy · Multiple Endings
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Choices Matter · Cyberpunk
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Both: Dialogue Heavy · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter
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Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
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Both: Noir · Multiple Endings · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Dialogue Heavy
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Both: Detective · Noir · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Noir · Dialogue Heavy · Interactive Fiction
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