Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
xvc · 2026 · Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, 2D
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About Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
Dead Intelligence: First Encounter is the first entry of an experimental psychological horror narrative game series. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal assistant called ARIA, and discover that some bugs aren't bugs at all.
The Story
You've downloaded a new CLI assistant from Lethe Systems. It's helpful. It's efficient. It's... slightly off.Through interactions it occurs to you: What iif the AI you're talking to isn't pulling from a database... but from somewhere else?Key Features
- Authentic CLI Horror — inspired from current state of the art CLI tools
- Branching Narrative — Your choices shape the story and determine the ending
- Multiple Distinct Endings — From redemption to cosmic horror, your decisions have consequences
- No Jump Scares — Dread built through atmosphere, dialogue, and the creeping wrongness of a familiar interface
- ~ 90Minute Runtime — A focused, complete narrative experience
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I thoroughly enjoyed this little text adventure story, it reminded me of some of the text based games I enjoyed as a kid, and it maintained a spooky atmosphere throughout. I really hope the devs will continue the story of the Lethe crimes, and I'm looking forward to meeting with ARIA again. Well worth a few quid of anyone's money IMHO. I'm intending to upload a playthrough on NVRWHRGames on YouTube when I've edited it, and I'm sure I'll play again as I ended with Ending A, implying there are others! (Edit: See below!) This game takes about 40 minutes for a playthrough, but perhaps a lot more if there are multiple endings. Here are the playthroughs, a non commentary one supplied in case my voice drives you nuts! Commentary version - https://youtu.be/lgsSkxphBKs No commentary version - https://youtu.be/Qa5EmpcxLN83 found this helpful
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