Strangeland News

In another very gracious award, Strangeland was named one of the top indie games of 2021 by Indie Game Reviewer.

Combining a dark carnival atmosphere a la Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes with elements of psychological horror, Strangeland stands out for not holding the player’s hand, narratively speaking; its tale of a mysterious woman trapped by an evil force leaves lots open to interpretation.

Not up for interpretation, however, are the game’s streamlined inventory puzzle design or its cinematic voice-acting, both of which make for a compelling experience that makes this one stand out far and above any other point-and-click adventures we came across this year.

We're honored to appear alongside great games like Inscryption, Wildermyth, and more!

We were delighted to see that Strangeland was chosen as one of the ten best puzzle games of 2021 by the Puzzle Lovers steam group (the list is in alphabetical order, confirming that we should have named the game Aadrvarkland), and was in fact the only point-and-click adventure to make the list.

As we talked about in our dev diary "The Power of Puzzles," we have always viewed puzzles as an integral part of adventure games, perhaps the integral part, so it is a real honor to be selected by this group.

We were honored to read today that the New York Video Games Critics Circle (say that three times fast!) has nominated Strangeland for the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game.

Strangeland's daunting competitors include Psychonauts 2, Persona 5 Strikers, Resident Evil: Village, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. Never imagined we would be swimming with such whales!

To quote the man for whom the award is named, "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing."

We recently posted about Strangeland's nomination for various categories in the AGOTY Awards. We are now honored to announce that Strangeland won both Adventure Game of the Year and Best Screenplay! These rewards reflect the immense work of not just the core team, but also the many voice actors who brought the game's story to life and countless testers who helped draw forth what was best in the game and scrape away what did not work. And, of course, without the support of our fans, Strangeland would never have been noticed (or even made). Many thanks to all of you!
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We were very pleased to see Strangeland was nominated in almost every category of the Adventure Game of the Year Awards: Adventure Game of the Year; Best Puzzles; Best Screenplay; Best Lines of Dialogue; and Best Soundtrack, Sound Effects and Dubbing! (Missed out only on Best Visual Art and Animation.) Hopefully we'll bring home some wins, and see some more nominations in Adventure Gamers' Aggies and Adventure Game Studios' AGS Awards!