Metaphobia

Metaphobia

Digital Mosaic Games · February 10, 2020 · Free to Play, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Mystery

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About Metaphobia

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Investigate your father's murder as Richard Elmstat in this point-and-click adventure, uncovering a conspiracy that runs far deeper than the official story. Featuring rotoscoped animations, 30+ locations, and a fully voiced narrative, Metaphobia blends retro aesthetics with a gripping mystery that challenges everything you think you know.

Metaphobia is a Point & Click investigative adventure game.

Shortly after being elected mayor, Carl Elmstat is murdered by a thief who is quickly caught, convicted, and sent to prison – case closed. Carl’s son Richard however, is unsettled by the details and decides to investigate further on his own. His prime suspect? His father’s political rival– Edward Raban. Throughout the investigation, Richard will find out that the truth behind the murder is hidden deep under the ground – deeper than he ever could have imagined.

FEATURES:
Greenscreen Rotoscoped Animations and Retro Graphics
Over 30 locations and 20 characters
Full Length Soundtrack
Full voice-acted story

Metaphobia — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Oct 1, 2026
A free classic point-and-click adventure with atmospheric pixel art. However, the story isn't that great—or rather, something is missing from it. 6–7/10. More free game: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45031235-Best-free-hidden-gems-and-unique-game
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Recommended Jul 11, 2026
Super meta. Super cool adventure game. Super deep.
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Recommended Oct 3, 2026
This is a fun game with interesting situations. It's old school with features all modern games should have. And it's free!
Recommended Oct 2, 2026
This was a decent point and click game, but I have some gripes with the story and some of the puzzles. The first few parts were a bit hard, but hard as in idk what I need to do or where to find the solution to the puzzle. For a game like this, puzzles are the key factor and most of the puzzles were either super easy or hidden/done in a specific way that it took more time to figure out what the puzzle is than to solve the puzzle itself (or maybe I just suck at finding the puzzles). It wasn't too bad at some parts because the narrative was interesting, and all in all some of the puzzles themselves were fun to solve, but everything flipped at the end where the puzzles were more fun but the story took a nosedive. *Spoilers about the story* [spoiler] Look, government conspiracy and all that I'm fine with as a plot, but wth that ending was so abrupt. I thought there would be an entire section dedicated to the island because it kept getting mentioned, and it seemed like a climax when Judy and your daughter got captured and then you find the old politician, but nah lizard man turns you into lizard and bam, end of the game. The ending just didn't hit right and I wish there was more to ans…
Recommended Aug 20, 2026
I started this game not expecting much about it and i was surprised at how good it is. The graphics and animations are really well done and polished, and the voice acting it's really decent and remarkable for a free adventure game. The puzzles are well thought and the story it's pretty compelling. Recommended.
Recommended Jul 24, 2026
FIREEE GAMEEE

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