Restart Mode

This is a curious case of Atomic Fabrik/GamesforGames/whatever other fake/shell account he's using now to try mislead gamers/evade his Steam ban getting ahold of someone else's garbage, in this case, an RPG Maker asset flip from Russia, and slapping his own name on it. We can only guess whether the game was acquired legally or stolen... we know from prior history this "developer" has no qualms about copyright/intellectual property theft, or fraudulently using fake reviews to mislead and scam gamers into buying fake games. Restart Mode is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention o…

We're playing Groundhog Day, for a very stupid groundhog.

A psychological thriller detective story on RPG Maker about a time loop that the protagonist experiences day after day. You must solve various puzzles and find a way out of this endless cycle.

Restart Mode, developed and published by Gamesforgames, is a compact but thought-provoking indie adventure that leans heavily into psychological storytelling and repetition-driven design. At its core, the game revolves around a single day that endlessly resets, trapping both the protagonist and the surrounding city in a looping state of suspended time. Rather than presenting this as a purely mechanical gimmick, Restart Mode treats the time loop as the foundation of its narrative identity, using repetition, altered choices, and subtle variations to create a sense of unease and curiosity. From the opening moments, the game establishes a quiet, introspective tone that invites players to observe, question, and experiment rather than rush toward conventional objectives. Gameplay in Restart Mode is deliberately restrained, favoring exploration, dialogue, and choice over action or complex systems. Each loop encourages players to wander familiar locations, speak with recurring characters, and test different decisions to see how the day unfolds. While the environment itself remains largely unchanged, the context surrounding interactions evolves as new dialogue options, story beats, and rev…

Survive one day by correctly distributing the sequence of actions. A detective story in which there is something to think about in order to break the time loop.

After a wild night at a drunken party, the hero arrives at work only to die during a robbery. But death is not the end. He wakes up, trapped in a time loop. With each cycle, he should uncover new pieces of a puzzle, piecing together the truth to prevent the heist and save his own life.