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Conarium

Xbox One · Released June 6, 2017 · Developed by Zoetrope Interactive · Published by Iceberg Interactive

66Total 69Single player
PuzzleAdventureIndieHorror
Loose
CIB
Sealed

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Summary

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story. You, as Frank Gilman, open your eyes inside a room filled with strange, pulsating noises. Patterns of lights executing a Danse Macabre on the walls is presented by a queer device on the table. Having recalled nothing other than that you’re in Upuaut, an Antarctic base located near south pole, you find the place deserted and have a distinct feeling of something being terribly wrong. Somehow knowing that your memories cannot guide you enforces a strange feeling of vulnerability, a familiar yet alien sensation of being a part of a peculiar whole... Soon you will discover that having used the device during the expedition, you have died but then returned subtly changed, speaking of strange memories and of strange places. You have lost something important or gained something sinister... Explore the antarctic base, as well as dreams and visions. Study clues, unlock secrets but avoid macabre beings at all cost.

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Details

IGDB Rating
65.56 / 100
44 ratings
Total Rating
68.78 / 100
46 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Horror
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Developer
Zoetrope Interactive

Also known as

AliasConarium.exeWindows Executable

Release history (7 entries)

DatePlatformRegion
Jun 6, 2017PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 5, 2018Linux
Feb 5, 2018Mac
Feb 12, 2019PlayStation 4
Feb 12, 2019Xbox One
Jan 21, 2021Nintendo Switch
Feb 4, 2021Nintendo Switch

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Storyline

"As Frank Gilman, a member of the Anthropology Department in the Miskatonic University, you have taken part in the Upuaut expedition led by Dr. Faust, attempting to pass beyond the limits of human consciousness by using a device called Conarium. When you find yourself regaining consciousness, you are alone in the Antarctic expedition base, and you remember nothing. Soon you will discover that having used the device during the expedition, you have died but then returned subtly changed, speaking of strange memories and of strange places. You have lost something important or gained something sinister…"

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