//signal. (2025)
team_MJM · 2025 · Casual, 1990's, Atmospheric, Adventure, Dark Fantasy
PC
Negative19% · 37 📉 Recent reviews down 7%
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About //signal.
This is an officially authorized derivative RPG fan game created in accordance with lainTTL.storyYou will meet Lain again in a world without gods.The story is set in the near future, where the old human race lives in the real world.They have been largely divided into the new human race, who have abandoned the real world and live in a world of computer technology.The story begins one day, when Lain receives an email and a file.Why did people lose their connections? How can they be reconnected?The protagonist, Lain Iwakura, searches for the truth while interacting with various people she was involved with in the past.systemYou become Lain Iwakura and explore the Wired world while interacting with an AI that contains the records of those who were once involved with Lain.operationBy writing a diary and reading emails, you will find the key to the mystery of the story.Furthermore, you can create your own world by customizing the computer NAVI, and the story changes by rearranging the files.In addition, various elements such as status functions, clothing changing functions, and character affinity functions are intertwined.//signal. Game Terms1. **Do not distribute or share game files without permission**Games should be experienced the way the creator intended. Distributing or sharing files without permission is a violation of the rights of fan creators.2. **Do not modify or change game files**Do not modify files as it may damage the game's story and play experience. This preserves the creator's vision.3. **Do not analyze or reverse engineer games**Analysis is prohibited to respect the creator's intellectual property and prevent unauthorized access to the game's content and mechanics. This also reduces the risk of spoilers.4. **Do not leak information about the game (including spoilers) without permission**Leaking information about the story or content can ruin the fun for other players. Do not publish information without permission.5. **Respect the community discussion and do not post spoilers or unauthorized content**To maintain a positive interaction within the community, please avoid posting spoilers and unauthorized content. We need to ensure that all players can enjoy the game at their own pace.---These terms are designed to protect the efforts of //signal.'s fan creators while allowing players to enjoy the game to the fullest. Considering that this is a derivative work based on NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan's "lainTTL" guidelines, we aim to create an environment where the entire community can respect each other even in the absence of official supervision. We ask all players to abide by these rules when enjoying the game.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Fair warning, my review may be bias as I'm a backer of the game and love anything SEL related. I'm only going to cover the positives about this game since every other review has made it pretty clear what the negatives are. BUT I will say, you should only consider getting this game if you are a Lain fan already. This game is 100% meant for people who already like the series. Go watch Serial Experiments Lain or play the PSX game if you haven't. The gameplay is very confusing, but yes that's a good thing. It wouldn't be Lain if it was straightforward. Just like the PSX game, you're going to spend a lot of time tinkering around with things trying to figure out what does what since there are no directions or tutorials. Even as I'm writing this, there's still a lot of things I don't understand. This game is a lot of things, but it's not uninteresting. It's pretty fun snooping around finding little things here and there. The story is also confusing too, but again, that's okay. Even Konaka intended for the story of SEL/PSX to be very vague and confusing since he wanted the watcher/player to leave with their own take and own personal theories. Just try to immerse yourself and fit the pie…37 found this helpful
And you don't seem to understand21 found this helpful
After seeing all the negative reviews and bad mouth surrounding this game, I decided to check it out myself. The game feels like a study project from a local university: a hollow & bloated engine wrapped in images and sounds, with no premise, no narrative whatsoever. The character designs are nice, but outside of still images there are bland, free-asset locations that will fry your PC before you even "finish" the game. It kinda reminds me a bit of [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/774811/YUMENIKKI_DREAM_DIARY/]Yume Nikki -DREAM DIARY-[/url], a sequel with the same fate, but it has more substance, gameplay and overall narrative and feel than in [b]//signal.[/b] Having been heavily invested in S.E.Lain since 2015 and a huge fan of the PSX game, I've always dreamed of some kind of continuation, whether official or made by relatively small but loyal fanbase of this title, but this isn't the case. Chiaki Konaka & Yoshitoshi ABe's approval is highly questionable, apparently being manipulated by the creators of [b]//signal.[/b], but at least the promo art was cool. This should've been released as early access, but not presented as a full game. [b]Present Day, Present Time[/b]... I g…17 found this helpful
Worse than SEL rule349 found this helpful
lmao7 found this helpful
i was so curious because there's been nothing with lain other than a planned event with generative ai and an event made in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ vrchat since 1998 and i thought this may be like crazy its just a summary of the events of the ps1 game and the show and nothing more, much less. there's nothing new the few things in the game are just dialogue that already happened in the ps1 game or the show but the environments and models (black bodies with tv heads of the character) are so insanely bad that i can't say i regret playing the game 1/10 my only compliment is that it ended quickly4 found this helpful
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