Immortality

Immortality

Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow · 2022

A mystery you solve yourself

92WhatsNext
SoloFirst person

The WhatsNext verdict

If you enjoy piecing together fragmented mysteries from film footage and forming your own theories, Immortality delivers an unusually absorbing investigation. Play it for the archive, the visual connections, and the slow shift from Hollywood curiosity into unsettling discovery.

What it does best

  • Storytelling unlike anything else

  • A mystery you solve yourself

  • Atmosphere you can drown in

What might put you off

  • Opaque match-cut rules and late-game clip hunting

  • Dense, unsettling ambiguity

The setup

What you are walking into

Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies was ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. The new game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

Where it lives

Xbox Series X|SAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSPlayStation 5Mac

Genre

Point-and-clickSimulatorIndie

Vibe

HorrorThrillerMystery
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