Backfirewall_ is a first-person tragicomic narrative adventure game developed by Naraven Games and published by All in! Games. In this game, players will take on the role of an update assistant inside a smartphone. Players will be tasked to solve puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion.
Recently, All in! Games published a new trailer for Backfirewall_, revealing the release of the game on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on January 30th. Backfirewall was also confirmed for a launch on Nintendo Switch, although its release date is still unknown. Take a look at the Backfirewall_ | Release Date Trailer | PC, Xbox, PlayStation trailer, courtesy of All in! Games’ official Youtube channel:
In Backfirewall_, players will go on a humorous escapade through various areas of a smartphone and solve clever puzzles. Furthermore, they will meet colorful apps that inhabit the smartphone and have their own opinions about their boss, the update, and the godlike user. As the update assistant, players hold the fate of the System in their hands. It is up to them to decide if they will oppose the update and save the chatty operating system OS9 from deletion.
Here are the key features of game, as posted on the official Backfirewall_ website:
- Clever puzzles
- Review terminal errors in RAM, party in the Speakers’ exclusive nightclub, navigate through the Wi-Fi bureaucracy, and explore other areas of a smartphone.
- Cheat-codes to manipulate the environment
- Hunt down or create bugs, trim binary trees, master music-controlled platforms, collect errors, and delete data using special cheat-codes.
- A variety of app-characters
- Gossip with quirky pieces of software—the sassy Photos, the insecure Social Media F, or the neglected Health, among others—and uncover their distinct side stories.
- Numerous collectibles
- Collect emails scattered about to discover a parallel story of the mysterious phone User.
- Unproductive and useless humor
- Enjoy meta satirical humor and breaking the fourth wall.
For those who can’t wait for the full game’s release, a demo version of Backfirewall_ is available on Steam for free!
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