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The best game you missed in June 2020: The Almost GoneBut not quite

But not quite

Perhaps I’ll get back to it at some point. In the meantime, the charming little diorama homes inThe Almost Goneare here to give me my tiny-house fix.

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In Happy Volcano Games’ June release, you play as a young girl exploring her family’s secret histories in dreamlike scenes. As you play, you come to realise that you’re stuck in limbo - a space between life and death. It’s not clear whether or not you’re going to make it out of this limbo alive, but you’re going to have to make it through. And, of course, because this purgatory is a point-and-click game, you’ll have to solve and handful of poignant puzzles to do so.

A sepia-tone screenshot of another bedroom, this one with one of those combined desk/raised bed setups. Clearly a child’s room. Around the diorama are three circles showing zoomed in details from the room - the wardrobe, the laptop on the desk, a teddy bear that the player character says they weren’t allowed to name

I enjoyed my time with The Almost Gone and I’m glad I managed to find some time with it before the year was over. When you’re done with your traipse through limbo and you’re looking for more games like it, you can try out the previously-mentioned What Remains Of Edith Finch, Monument Valley, or some of my favourite tableaux games, like Turnfollow’s Packing Up the Rest of Your Stuff on the Last Day at Your Old Apartment.

The Almost Gone is available for £9/€10/$10 viaSteamorHumble.