Introversion Software·Released Apr 26, 2017·Single player
Inspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience. With stunning visuals and a terrifying theme, it is the 6th major video game released by Introversion Software.
Scanner Sombre is at its best when you're left to your own devices, lonely yet in awe of the sights you see and make, but suffers when the game itself is pulling the strings, whether that be to evoke empathy or terror. I absolutely recommend it, for its four or so hours of dot-matrix world-generation have pleased me greatly, but you should go in knowing that it stumbles over its storytelling hurdles and should instead be treated as, like the titular scanner, a remarkable technological toy.
Scanner Sombre delivers uneasiness and mystery in equal measure.
Introversion, the independent studio once styled as the last of the bedroom coders before bedroom coding became a thing…
A beautiful, brief, and unexpected follow-up from the developer of Prison Architect.
