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Release Date | 30 May 2021 |
Release Type | Freeware |
Content Advisory | Occasional, mild | None | None |
Operating System | Windows |
Setting | Historical |
Genre | Comedy |
Story | Original |
Play Length | Medium Length Game |
Language | English |
Graphics | 800x600, 32-Bit Colour |
Downloaded | 396 All Time |
Dear Comrade,
The Party needs you! You must come to Absurdistan immediately and join Leszek on his little quest to save his father's name day! A trifle you say? Oh, Comrade, how wrong of you! Don't you forget that Absurdistan is a place where logic is nowhere to be found and that Absurdanis are reluctant to help each other out. Where keeping your profile low and showing your devotion to the Party is your bread and butter. Hope now you understand that in this place even a simple task becomes an adventure in its own right.
There is no time to lose, so get your passport ready and hop on the first train to Absurdistan!
Glory to the Party!
About the game: …Absurdistan is a partially text-based, side-scrolling adventure game featuring simplistic graphics.
You play as Leszek, a young Absurdani, who, just like his family, is fed up with the regime imposed by the Party. But, dear Adventure Gamer, fear nothing! Despite the seemingly gloomy setting, the game doesn't intend to get you down, as its main goal is to poke fun at many absurdities of the daily life in a totalitarian-communist state.
The game features a whole variety of puzzles, which, unlike the state of Absurdistan, do make sense. Some of them may even require you to grab something to write and figure them out in real life.
Manual: You control Leszek with the mouse and occasionally with the keyboard.
Left mouse click is used to BOTH inspect and interact with objects/hotspots/characters.
Right mouse click is used only to click out of GUIs, interfaces or deselect active inventory items.
This is probably a matter of opinion but due to low resolution the game looks best when played in a windowed mode in native resolution. I think it gives it a Yoda Stories vibe : )
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July 2021
As a country, Absurdistan won't be among the popular holiday spots this summer. Blame the totalitarian regime, bleak urban landscapes and recurrent shortages of basic necessities. As a game, it's : - a lighthearted insight into a system of rules taking its toll over people. - conveyed…
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Loved the puzzles and the PRL references - missed a mebloĊcianka though ;)
Very cute game. I really liked the minimalistic graphics. The puzzles were interesting and innovative. Would really like a return to absurdistan, maybe there is a chance for part 2?
Something so very charming about this game despite it being set in a drab and absurd part of the world. Recommend playing this game which has some nifty puzzles.
It's a crime against the commune don't play this game!!! Glory to the Party!!!
I liked this game, the satirical humour, the plot, and the immersion of "life within the party" - which is no party at all. Great fun to play, but in some parts of the globe it is, alas, real.