apartment: a separated place

This game made me want to call up old friends to see how they were doing. That's how you know it's good.

This is one of my favorite indie games. I'd best liken it to a surreal Gone Home - it's a walking sim that explores the relationships and lives of people dwelling in several neighboring apartments. This is strongly experiential and emotive, with an artistic and innovative storytelling method that uses text as a way to draw your eye around the spaces you explore as well as almost an object in the world. The writing, music and art are all fantastic, and the minimalist 'overworld' style keeps the focus on the more inward nature of the stories being told. This game is about 2 hours long, which is the perfect length for it as it doesn't overstay its welcome but likewise doesn't feel rushed. You're looking into snapshots of peoples' lives and memories. Some have a resolution to them while others do not, just like in life. This is a creative and engaging little game that I'd recommend to people who love strong character-driven focus and experimental narrative style.

Apartment is a poignant, pensive walking simulator primarily focused on the main couple's story, but featuring vignettes of their neighbours. A couple of the neighbour's stories were sentimental enough to evoke a few tears. The music and writing were top notch, with the graphics and gameplay serving the atmosphere of each individual story. The game did not feature much choice but the overall experience was definitely worth trying.

Beautiful game, great typography and sound design. a * part * ment is deeply atmospheric. I've never had a game deliver a creeping sense of claustrophobia as well as this did when my character was locked at a computer screen typing away in enforced solitude while someone who loved them was moving around behind them, in and out of the house, as the sun rises and sets. Excellent reason to wear headphones. The main viewpoint character, Nick, comes across as one of those very caring jerks who try to do the best for people around them but keep tripping over themselves. Large and varied amount of interface shifts packed into the game, although the central loop of collections becomes natural after a few repeats. I don't know how much my choices matter in the other stories besides Nick's, and I'm kind of worried about that. If there are possible different endings across the segments, I'd appreciate the developers adding in some Steam Achievements to reflect the various options. If there's not, at least the unlockable pictures showing my progress are nice. Some small graphical glitches like light shining through cracks in walls. The camera movement with the mouse was slightly odd,…

There are a lot of 'break up' games and this is by far one of the best I've ever played. There's a sophistication and maturity to the storytelling that's hard to find. Relationships are never simple and each of the vignettes explore the complexities of relationships that fall apart, never come together, or eventually find a way to work. The design of each vignette combined with the story it's telling is one of the best aspects of this game. There's a meditative quality when playing--where I found myself reflecting on my own relationships as I played. May and Rose's stories were probably the most moving and interesting--with truly unique interactions exploring losing or finding the person for you. Overall, if you want a thoughtful game with interesting interactions and a lot to say about relationships, definitely worth the time!

I love this game. I have feels. :)