49 Keys hides hellish horrors inside the pages of an previous medieval e book, tasking you with fastidiously studying it to unravel its mysteries.
A person from a non secular order receives a message from his previous Grasp. It particulars his failing well being, which spurs you to hurry to be by his facet earlier than he passes. You’re sadly too late by the point you arrive, however you’re informed to be welcomed to the Grasp’s island residence. Going there might show to be a mistake, although, because the Grasp was pushed to depart your spiritual order for some excellent causes you’ll come to search out as you discover his home.
The sport performs out like a e book, seeing you flipping by means of pages of descriptions of particular person rooms and an total map of your complete place. As you learn up on essential locations and occasions, these get added to what you may entry in your map or discover in your travels. Rooms steadily develop in significance as you determine what they’re used for (otherwise you acquire entry to objects you need to use in them). Additionally they disappear as you full them, lowering locations it’s a must to discover while you’re caught. It nonetheless largely performs out like some extent & click on journey, however the book-like aesthetic and the ever-changing locations you may entry and do make it really feel such as you’re thumbing by means of a tome that’s each magical and harmful.
As 49 Keys appears to be like like a e book, it additionally reads like a e book, giving a wonderful sense of the rising unease of its spiritual protagonist (in addition to their rising curiosity). It makes for some great, chilling studying because the protagonist slowly will get dragged deeper as your personal curiosity because the gamers carries them additional into the story. With some intelligent puzzles that may require you learn the way its objects work and take note of the paperwork you’re studying, it additionally closely rewards listening to its phrases. It’s vastly satisfying with its narrative, visuals, aesthetic, and puzzles.
49 Keys will probably be made obtainable at the moment on the Nintendo eShop and Steam.