Retention

narrative game in which the player selects images to uncover the story and reach one of several thought-provoking endings ❌This project should be free, there's no interaction, and I don't like games like that! ❌The gameplay involves selecting images exclusively ❌Several endings that add nothing ❌The music doesn't fit the game's atmosphere ❌❌ Verdict: [b] Terrible [/b], [strike] Bad [/strike], [strike] Mediocre [/strike], [strike] Decent [/strike], [strike] Good [/strike] , [strike] Very Good [/strike] (Rating scale for short games, retro indie simulator games and similar) [quote]If you'd like to see more of my reviews, you can find them on my curator page:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45994324/admin/reviews_manage/]CuratorKingViking[/url] and on my group: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CuratorKingViking]GroupKingViking[/url] If you have any questions about my reviews, feel free to ask.I'm happy to answer them. All reviews are my own!!Best regards, King Viking Bezimienny, Polish Game Reviewer. [/quote]

Man how drunk was I when I brought this?

there was a cat and a butterfly

Not really a game in any sense of the word, more of a slideshow. You're presented a group of three images for each year a man was alive. There isn't a story or anything at all being told by the images, they're just random memories with very short captions. Once you've picked an image from each set, you get one of eight endings. The concept could've been interesting but the execution is just vague and uninteresting. Going through an album to "tell a man by his memories" had a real opportunity to tell an interesting story through pictures. For example, perhaps your choices affect which sets of photos are shown to you in the future. Retention chose to only include a story in the Steam store description.

Retention, developed and published by Sometimes You, is a brief but conceptually ambitious interactive experience that explores memory and identity through an unconventional structure. Rather than presenting a continuous story with clear progression, it fragments its narrative into moments—snapshots of a life recalled under extreme circumstances. The result is less a traditional game and more a reflective piece that asks players to engage with its themes rather than its mechanics. The premise revolves around a man confronting his past after a sudden, life-threatening accident. As he lies suspended between life and death, his memories surface not as linear events but as disconnected images. The player’s role is to select which of these memories define him, effectively shaping his identity through choice. This approach turns what would normally be passive storytelling into a participatory act, where meaning is constructed rather than delivered. Each selection carries weight, not because it changes gameplay in a mechanical sense, but because it alters the emotional interpretation of the character’s life. Interaction is intentionally minimal. There are no puzzles, no reflex-based cha…

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