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Investigate Cthulhu-inspired worlds as a dice-rolling RPG investigator, uncover clues, shape branching stories, and carry growth forward.
Released 08 Aug 2024
Investigate Mythos Mysteries
Bribe, Steal, or Bargain
Carry Traits Across Stories
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
Developed by MeowNature · Published by Gamirror Games
In this anthology-style role-playing game, you are an investigator traveling from a timeless library into separate worlds to repair shattered timelines. Each module presents a different story and mystery to explore.
Search locations for clues, speak with characters, and use choices such as bribery, theft, trading, or stealth to affect how events unfold. Skill-based dice checks resolve investigations and other challenges, while combat offers another way to confront threats.
Develop investigators with traits and abilities, and collect spells, companions, and mythos items across adventures. Modules have multiple endings, and completed stories contribute experiences and collectibles to future play. A built-in editor lets players create and share their own story modules.
Players who enjoy the game often point to its tabletop-inspired dice checks, branching module stories, replayable endings, and the ability to carry investigator growth between adventures. Pixel art and player-created modules also draw praise. Reviews repeatedly raise concerns about incomplete or awkward translations, which can make a text-heavy game difficult to follow; opinions also vary on the writing, scenario quality, and how closely the game captures tabletop role-playing.
In the game, you will find yourself in a timeless library beyond the river of time. As the creation of Yog-Sothoth and the embodiment of Her will—the Star Key, you will cross the Gate on Her behalf to various worlds to mend shattered timelines.
Currently, the game has successfully launched 4 exploration modules, 1 text module, 1 rules module, and the highly anticipated large module "Cursenday's Black Carnival", with a total game text volume accumulated to 450,000 words.
Moreover, the game's main interface features a creation mode, allowing players to use the editor to create and publish original modules.
In each module, you will play as an investigator, collecting clues, rolling dice for success in checks, triggering events, and gradually approaching (or distancing yourself from) the truth of the story. If you are a novice player, "Depersonalization" can help you quickly familiarize yourself with the tabletop role-playing process and experience the unique joy of randomness.
Our story draws inspiration from the Cthulhu Mythos, which may be bizarre, thrilling, and intriguing, but it is not solely designed to bring about fear.
You can bribe, steal, trade, or appease the characters in the story, and the different actions you take will lead the story to different directions.
Why must victory be achieved through combat? Try stealth, delivering a fatal blow to the target, or using intimidation to make the target flee.
If you learn some forbidden knowledge, magic will be the key to defeating your enemies.(But there might be additional side effects (lmao), so use it cautiously!)
Our collectible content includes module endings, character traits, spells, companions, and mythos items.
Exploring forbidden knowledge in the modules will allow your investigator character to harness the power to cast spells.
Throughout the story, you will encounter many new characters and unlock their unique stories. As the story progresses, they will become your companions, standing by your side and fighting with you.
Additionally, each story hides unique mythos items. Collecting and skillfully using these items will bring extraordinary power-ups to your character.
Each module has different endings, and once you achieve these endings, all your characters can inherit these experiences, thus unlocking exclusive collectible content unique to that ending.
Your investigator character will undergo unique adventures, and these experiences will transform into traits, granting your character special abilities.
The game features a powerful story editor, allowing creators the freedom to craft all content within the game.
If you are passionate about writing, you can use the editor to create text modules in the style of visual novels.
If you are skilled at building game mechanics, then crafting rules-based modules will be an excellent way to showcase your design talents.
If you yearn to create a more free and open game world, then making exploration modules will fulfill that desire.
Currently, there are over 50 playable modules available in the Workshop, and regular module co-creation events are being held on an ongoing basis!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 122 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| AI disclosure | Regarding AI usage: The game employs AI in only two areas1. Character voice lines (disabled by default)The ultra-large script (800k words) makes authentic voice acting financially unaffordable for our small studio.2. "Seek Answers" function in the game lobby’s Sosoth (NPC) interaction interfaceFor entertainment purposes, we used AI chat.What we can guarantee: Beyond these, translation, scripts, design, art, animation, and other game components absolutely did not use AI. |
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