- Publisher: Mike Bithell
- Release Date: May 22, 2018
- Also On: Switch
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May 23, 2018Quarantine Circular is another brilliantly written game that will have you taking up different mind sets to get through it. It is at times charming, upsetting and inspiring and will have you playing it through to it's conclusion in one sitting without you realising.
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Sep 10, 2018It is a beautifully crafted game and, at $5.99 USD (current $4.79 to celebrate its release), is well worth every cent. It presents a compelling scenario for thought, infectious to the last moment.
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May 25, 2018There are a few issues like the disconnect between the player and the characters or the omission of any challenge, but the story and the way it is told is done exceptionally well. Quarantine Circular is worth every minute of your time.
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Edge MagazineJun 21, 2018An absorbing reminder of the power of words and how we wield them. [Aug 2018, p.114]
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May 29, 2018Quarantine Circular is a mostly well-written sci-fi tale that doesn't succumb to tired tropes or obvious plot contrivances to draw you in. Instead it uses its limited working space to deliver a captivating tale about human nature and our theoretical place within the universe.
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May 22, 2018Quarantine Circular, while lacking the same focus as Subsurface Circular, is another engaging untangling of science fiction concepts with interesting characters, and it leaves you waiting for the next instalment.
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games(TM)Jul 14, 2018An engaging, if brief, narrative adventure. [July 2018, p.84]
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Jul 14, 2018Mike Bithell and his team are doing important work, struggling with a challenging genre. Quarantine Circular hasn’t perfected it, but if you like stories, characters, dialogue and moral choices, it’s worth one playthrough — or maybe even six.
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Jun 22, 2018The story doesn’t unfold as elegantly as Subsurface, but Quarantine pushes Bithell’s formula for these shorts into some affecting new directions, both thematically and structurally.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 18
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Mixed: 11 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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Aug 15, 2022the game is okay but a bit too slow pace and the puzzle isn't that good as other similar games
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Mar 27, 2021
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Jun 27, 2020Text speed is too slow. Interesting premise but not as good as subsurface puzzle or story wise. I got a bad ending for two minor choices