AdventureFit check
Is Retention worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who prefer memory-led stories over action-focused play
- Casual players interested in short-form narrative experiments
- Players who want branching endings and a photo-album presentation
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat, exploration systems, or traditional adventure puzzles
- Players who prefer linear stories with one fixed conclusion rather than eight endings
- Players looking for a long, mechanically varied game
Our take on Retention
Rather than using exploration, combat, or puzzle-solving as its main structure, the game frames its story as a photo album assembled from memories. Its eight endings also replace a single conventional conclusion with multiple possible outcomes.
What is Retention?
A narrative game about a man who has spent his life moving forward without revisiting the past.
After an incident leaves him trapped beneath his bicycle, memories appear as a sequence of images. Players examine these moments to piece together his story and determine whether he can recover his memories and rise again. The game presents its story as a photo-album-style experience rather than a conventional adventure format. Eight endings are available: four positive and four negative. It also includes an original soundtrack and support for Steam Trading Cards.
How Retention plays
- 01Memory-based storytelling
- The protagonist's life is revealed through scenes from his past.
- 02Eight possible endings
- The story concludes with four favorable outcomes and four unfavorable ones.
- 03Photo-album format
- The game presents its narrative through an interactive photo-album structure.
- 04Original soundtrack
- The game includes its own soundtrack.
- 05Steam Trading Cards
- The game supports Steam Trading Cards.
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Retention: platforms & release
Is Retention worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who prefer memory-led stories over action-focused play. Skip it if: players seeking combat, exploration systems, or traditional adventure puzzles.
Where can I download Retention?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Retention's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Retention on?
Windows only.
