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Proteus
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Released:
Jan 30, 2013
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Developer:
Ed Key and David Kanaga
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Publisher:
Twisted Tree
Exploration
Walking Simulator
Relaxing
Indie
Casual
Procedural Generation
Experimental
First-Person
Beautiful
Adventure
Atmospheric
Singleplayer
Great Soundtrack
Pixel Graphics
Open World
Music
Surreal
Cute
Short
Sandbox
The Developer Says...
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it. The procedurally generated islands are home to creatures natural and imagined, tranquil valleys and ruins with magical properties.
Key Features:
- Meditative play: the responsive world and lack of any text or hints distils an essence of curious, investigative play, and rewards patience and immersion.
- Dynamic soundtrack composed by award-winning musician David Kanaga follows the mood of the world and will appeal to fans of Boards of Canada, Brian Eno.
- A distinctive 2D-but-3D graphical style with wild shifting palettes that sits somewhere between 8-bit videogames and early 20th century modernist painting.
- Islands are uniquely generated every time, and although it's theoretically possible to see everything in one playthrough, no-one ever does.
- Built-in "postcard" function encodes world data into each screenshot, allowing islands and discoveries to be saved and shared.
Awards and Kudos


Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Unknown
DLC
None
DRM/EULA Notices
None
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Demo
None
Metacritic
80 — View
Content Notices
None
Controller Support
Xbox
Reviews
76%
Mostly Positive
Based on 2786 reviews
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