AdventureFit check
Is Alone in the crowd worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fans of investigative adventures who want to search databases and surveillance footage rather than focus on combat
- Puzzle enthusiasts who prefer point-and-click play and document manipulation over action challenges
- Players interested in dystopian mysteries who enjoy questioning an anonymous character
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for action-focused gameplay rather than point-and-click puzzles and investigation
- Players seeking a straightforward story without searching records, reviewing footage, and manipulating documents
- Players who want a conventional adventure centered on exploration rather than surveillance tools
Our take on Alone in the crowd
Rather than centering the adventure on travel through a world, the investigation uses city databases, camera footage, and altered documents as its main tools. Its point-and-click puzzles sit alongside citizen surveillance and a humorous exchange with an anonymous messenger.
What is Alone in the crowd?
Alone in the Crowd is a humorous investigative puzzle game set in a dystopian future.
After waking in a room full of machinery with no memory of what happened, the player receives help from an anonymous messenger who asks for assistance. The investigation centers on finding specified citizens from the “Box” using surveillance technology. Play proceeds in a point-and-click format, with puzzles to solve and documents to print and alter to affect a citizen’s status. Players can question the messenger, search databases covering multiple cities for citizen information, and review footage from cameras placed around the city. Each new start generates a campaign with a different seed.
How Alone in the crowd plays
- 01Citizen records
- Search databases spanning multiple cities to find information about specified people.
- 02Document changes
- Printed documents can be altered to affect a citizen’s status.
- 03Surveillance footage
- Review recordings from cameras located across the city.
- 04Seeded campaigns
- Starting over generates a campaign with a new seed.
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Alone in the crowd: platforms & release
Is Alone in the crowd worth it?
It is worth it if: fans of investigative adventures who want to search databases and surveillance footage rather than focus on combat. Skip it if: players looking for action-focused gameplay rather than point-and-click puzzles and investigation.
Where can I download Alone in the crowd?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Alone in the crowd's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Alone in the crowd on?
Windows and macOS.
