Aporia: Beyond The Valley brings a unique approach to the art of storytelling, by not using text or dialogue. It offers new, interesting puzzle mechanics, and elaborate environmental storytelling within an immersive world. Aporia: Beyond The Valley is a first-person puzzle game set in the world of Ez’rat Qin. Explore a world filled with strange nature, ancient technology, and haunted by a spirit roaming the fog-covered forest. With a whole new story and puzzle mechanics, Aporia: Beyond The Valley presents players with the challenge of actively exploring and piecing together a non-linear story of what happened in this mysterious world. "The mystical world of Ez’rat Qin - once a mighty civilisation, now a crumbled ruin. You awake after hundreds of years of sleep, in an abandoned land and no memory of your past. Immersed in this world of dark beauty, thrilling mystery and ancient puzzles, you embark on a quest to find out what happened in this world, and to discover who you are."
PuzzleAdventureIndieFantasyOpen worlddarkstory drivensteamdigital distributionPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Investigate North
- Publisher
- Green Man Gaming Publishing
- Released
- July 19, 2017
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- CryEngine
- Time to beat
- 4 h rushed · 5.5 h main story · 7 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 15 ratings.
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