Twelve Minutes is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. The game blends the dream-like tension of The Shining with the claustrophobia of Rear Window and the fragmented structure of Memento. You take the role of the husband, on what should be a romantic evening with your wife. The night turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death. Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a 12 minute time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again. Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop.
Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventureIndieActionThrillerMysterytime travelreal-timetime loopgroundhog day scenarioXbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
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Grave, intimate, earnest and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Luis Antonio
- Publisher
- Annapurna Interactive, Netflix
- Released
- August 19, 2021
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 5 h rushed · 6.5 h main story · 5 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.3/10 from 228 ratings.
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