

Minotaur
U7 committee · 2019 · Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Cyberpunk, Early Access
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About Minotaur
Story and characters
Minotaur’s story is mainly focused on nine characters who come to find themselves trapped in their apartment building. Nod’s route, which is fully available in this Early Access release, follows a synthet named Nod Pikes as he attempts to escape and come to terms with his past — with help (kind of) from his lovely sharp-tongued AI assistant Ollie. Just like the game overall, Nod’s route has multiple endings. We call them: wicked, sad, very sad, brutal and shocking. Take your pick! Update: the next route has been released! Join Mentor-15, a teacher android model, on her journey of self-discovery.
A couple more notes about the story:
- All remaining routes are being added to the game for free.
- It’s fully voiced over in English by a great cast.
Gameplay
Minotaur has point-and-click mechanics at its core, so we’re trying to make the process of pointing and clicking as engaging as possible. You’ll be solving many different puzzles, fighting ancient creatures, and even climbing lots of stairs. Hm… That last one sounded much better in our heads. It’s actually one of our favorite parts!
Graphics
We’re spending a lot of time on making the world of Minotaur feel alive and immersive, and we think that graphics and animations play a huge part in that. Check out our Early Access trailer — everything in it has been captured directly from the game.
Music
It’s good. Really. We’ve listened to thousands of tracks, and picked the best of them.
World
We often say Minotaur is a cyberpunk game, but that’s just us trying to sell it. In truth, its world is more of a science fantasy setting, and we’re obsessed with having it figured out down to the tiniest detail. Why else would we make a whole website dedicated to its lore?
Are you not convinced yet? Syl, and that was us at our best. How about trying out the demo then? We’re sure that the beginning of the story will pique your interest.
Hope to see you soon in Nova DC! ♡🐧
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players praise the rich, detailed world-building, engaging story, and strong voice acting that showcase clear passion and personality in the game's design. However, they criticize the frustrating puzzle and clue system that punishes logical thinking and forces replaying through tedious menus to reach the "correct" ending, and report persistent technical issues like screen sizing problems that make the game unplayable on standard monitors. The game's prolonged development cycle is also noted, though some view the slow progress toward completion as evidence of the developer's dedication rather t
I'll give this game an upvote. It is a case of "Being stuck in eternal development hell". I first heard about it from Markiplier who played the demo seven years ago and just picked it up during this most recent sale. It's somewhere between a point and click adventure and a visual novel, far more involved than a visual novel but the puzzles aren't exactly too difficult and I feel like it's the story where it shines and most of people's attention is going to go. The setting is my favourite part for sure, I'm a sucker for really in-depth clearly thought out settings with lore and history and this does strike me as a game made out of someone's homebrew D&D setting, which I honestly think is awesome as it oozes with personality and passion. The voice-acting is the other stand-out for me and all the characters I've experienced thus far sound really good and fitting role wise. My only real big negative is the length of time this has been in development hell, but I understand these things do happen with indie devs who often have other pressing matters in life. It is still being worked on, though a bit more regular correspondence from them would be nice, outside of their discord. My only…4 found this helpful
The story is good, but the gameplay is bad. First, you play a quest that allows you to use "clues." You either use your own brain to solve puzzles or click through every clue. You’d expect to be rewarded for not using clues, right? Tough luck, you're punished for it. Because to save AI energy, you have to use it more (obviously). If you use your own brain because the solution seems obvious, you get the bad ending. How would you know that? Well, the game tells you after you’ve failed, so now you have to click through clunky menus instead of just playing the story to see the better ending. You try to play the story by doing the reasonable thing, but you can't do it "right," since there are no hints for that path. Then you spend hours in menus trying to fix it and pretend you did everything correctly. This is just bad game design. The game uses bizarre logic: giving you hints during gameplay is a big no-no, but once it’s impossible to finish the game properly, it gives you a complete walkthrough in the menu afterward, explicitly telling you what you should have done. Not to mention that life-altering decisions aren’t really decisions, they’re things you wouldn’t even think twice a…3 found this helpful
Sorry, not playable. screen is always stuck at small size, so if you're not using a 12" screen then you'll miss out. those of you who love this game must be playing on a cell phone which I wont play. I need glasses to read my phone, not for this. Sucks because its been out for a while and not fixed. Wasted money, again on you loser programmers. You guys really suck. PONG ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! I have played and programmed games Since PONG. Get it together you greedy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! Make me work for what I paid for? ♥♥♥♥!2 found this helpful
The fact that this game continues to inch towards completion after all these years... makes me happy A fantastic scifi indie adventure / visual novel. If I could make a list of games worth playing, and send it to my past self, this one would be on it :D And that's just based on the one route I've played! Trying to hold off continuing until 1.0 for the rest... but maybe it's time... If you're reading this, maybe try the Demo!!1 found this helpful
Found this game years ago before it was ever on steam. I've always enjoyed VNs and this one i have to say you can feel the love for the game and care behind it. Great story already there and more to come, cant wait for it to be finished. Also highly recommend getting the soundtrack as it is just great music and hits even better once you play the game having the music hit with the story moments.
Ngl, I remember pirating this game years ago and instantly fell in love with it. At the time, I didn’t have the financial freedom to support it, but now that I’m adulting and have some extra funds, I bought the game to show my support. I’m really glad I did, as I’ve enjoyed replaying it! Thanks for making such an amazing game.
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