Powers in the Basement
Illiterate Code Games · 2023 · Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Parody , Fantasy
PC
Very Positive85% · 79 📉 Recent reviews down 74%
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About Powers in the Basement
Will Phail is a fifteen-year-old like many others: lazy, spoiled, and phlegmatic. But he has one thing that others lack: he's useless!
Experience Will's drama in this short adventure as he searches for his favorite T-shirt so he can hang out with his friends trying to defend his already compromised reputation.
Dodge lazy grandparents, mischievous rats, and carnivorous plants, and find the courage to descend into the frightening basement, where powers beyond understanding lurk, waiting to be awakened!
Powers in the Basement is a 5/6 hours long point-and-click adventure game, deliberately reminiscent of the great classics from the 80s / 90s, with a specific sweet spot for LucasArts production.
It's a witty and sometimes surreal game, with clean humor, also suitable for children, set in a pseudo-fantasy world in which the medieval fairytale is punctuated by anachronisms, elements of modernity, and absurd references to nerd pop culture.
It's a challenging game made for puzzle lovers, those who like to have a-ha moments in the shower or while cooking, but we did our best to make it a fair and enjoyable experience for casual gamers as well
If you are a longtime fan of this genre, well... we hope we can bring you back to your childhood for a while.
Experience Will's drama in this short adventure as he searches for his favorite T-shirt so he can hang out with his friends trying to defend his already compromised reputation.
Dodge lazy grandparents, mischievous rats, and carnivorous plants, and find the courage to descend into the frightening basement, where powers beyond understanding lurk, waiting to be awakened!
- A dive into the golden age of point-and-click adventures
- A state-of-the-art, ultramodern 9-verbs interface, to put you in total control
- The humor of the great classics, with jokes conceived for smart people, like YOU who have decided to play this game!
- Amazing 3D graphics: Dimple, Dlat, and Dapproximate
- Awesome MT-32 music and 22KHz sound effects that will blow your mind
- Challenging and merciless puzzles that will force you to rack your brains!
The Game
Powers in the Basement is a 5/6 hours long point-and-click adventure game, deliberately reminiscent of the great classics from the 80s / 90s, with a specific sweet spot for LucasArts production.
It's a witty and sometimes surreal game, with clean humor, also suitable for children, set in a pseudo-fantasy world in which the medieval fairytale is punctuated by anachronisms, elements of modernity, and absurd references to nerd pop culture.
It's a challenging game made for puzzle lovers, those who like to have a-ha moments in the shower or while cooking, but we did our best to make it a fair and enjoyable experience for casual gamers as well
If you are a longtime fan of this genre, well... we hope we can bring you back to your childhood for a while.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
One of the worst adventure games I've ever played. Constantly tells you you're wrong when you solve puzzles because you haven't triggered the proper dialogue yet.1 found this helpful
WOW what a lovely little game with a lot of humor and classic p&c elements... Please more stuff like that :)
I'm sorry but these puzzles ruins it. I am used to pointing and clicking and combining and trying everything, but in this game you have to do stuff in an arranged order. And the game is a bit unresponsive so it's a huge drag with a cluttered inventory and illogical puzzles.
Powers in the Basement, developed and published by Illiterate Code Games, is a retro-inspired point-and-click adventure that captures the spirit of classic puzzle-driven games while building its own personality through humor, fantasy elements, and intentionally old-school design philosophy. Created as an adventure that values exploration and problem-solving over fast action or modern convenience systems, it delivers an experience that feels like a tribute to earlier generations of adventure gaming while maintaining enough originality to avoid becoming purely nostalgic imitation. The story follows Will Phail, a teenager who hardly resembles a traditional fantasy hero. He is unmotivated, spoiled, and more interested in his personal comfort than grand adventures or heroic responsibilities. When a seemingly ordinary problem involving his missing T-shirt pushes him into investigating strange events connected to his home, an unexpectedly bizarre adventure begins to unfold. What initially appears trivial slowly transforms into something much stranger involving mysteries hidden beneath familiar surroundings and discoveries that extend far beyond ordinary teenage concerns. One of the game…
A tiny yet dense masterpiece, with a neverending amount of gags and laughs.
very nice little adventure game 5 of 5 from me
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