Distant

Distant (2024)

EtherealPineapple · September 23, 2024 · Casual, Education, Simulation, Psychological, Emotional

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About Distant

Imagine yourself diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. How would you see the world? What emotions would you experience? What would your symptoms look like?

Distant aims to answer these questions by putting you in the shoes of someone with Alzheimer's disease. In this first-person 10-minute experience, you will experience some of the symptoms that those with Alzheimer's face every day.

With some simple puzzles and games, you can expect to gain an understanding of:
- The fears
- Auditory hallucinations
- and disorientation
that those with Alzheimer's may suffer from.

You will also gain an understanding of some of the safety precautions that one can take to ensure a safe environment for those with Alzheimer's.

Distant — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 3, 2026
Barely a game, more informative about Alzheimer. It's ok for free.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
as a PSA sort of interactive experience, sure
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 10, 2026
Kind of hits different. It's sad but I feel enriched having this perspective and somewhat comforted to know how I should act and what to do.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 7, 2026
Very simple and very effective! Glad I played this
Recommended Jan 3, 2026
Genuinely got jumpscared by Paranoia, and got hit in the feels in the end. Short but sweet awareness game.
Recommended Oct 24, 2025
[i]Note: This review is based on the game's performance under Proton 10.0-2 beta. Of course it's always possible that there were issues I didn't recognize since I have no frame of reference running it natively, but I didn't notice anything that looked like it was broken.[/i] At 16 minutes, this is definitely a short game (although I still had two hidden achievements left when I originally wrote this sentence). Based just on its gameplay, this would be a neutral, but the educational aspect pushes it to a recommend. There's an "a-ha" moment [spoiler]when you leave the grocery store[/spoiler] that can stick with you if you really think about the implications of what you -- not as the character in the game, but as the player trying to progress in the game -- are saying to yourself in that moment. The game doesn't have [i]a lot[/i] to teach, but it's good for a little reflection and perhaps empathy; and unfortunately, given the prevalence of Alzheimer's, it deals with things most people will eventually face in their own lives. After completing the "campaign" and going for 100% achievements: The first hidden achievement ([spoiler]Fearless![/spoiler]) took me 10 minutes to get; mos…

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