SIMULACRA Reviews

SIMULACRA is ranked in the 30th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6 / 10
Dec 3, 2019

An interesting and in many ways strong FMV adventure title, but one somewhat let down by middling acting (at best) and a lack of attention to streamlining the gameplay for consoles as part of the porting process.

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8 / 10.0
Dec 3, 2019

If you’re looking for a unique take on the ‘found footage/phone’ horror genre, SIMULACRA is perfect for you. The puzzles you need to complete, in order to descramble and reveal messages and photos, are fun to solve and interesting to read/look at. Although I wish there were more FMV sequences and meaningful choices which changed the narrative more dramatically as the story progressed, the quality of the videos and writing were both top-shelf.

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6.5 / 10.0
Dec 3, 2019

Simulacra has some interesting ideas, but gets in its own way enough that it wastes the advantage afforded to it by its strong premise.

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7 / 10.0
Dec 3, 2019

Simulacra is a solid horror game with some good ideas. If you can overlook the voice acting, there's a fun, unnerving experience to be had.

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Dec 3, 2019

Simulacra is a horror game about finding a missing girl using her phone.

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7 / 10
May 2, 2018

As Found Phone games go, Simulacra is one of the better ones. The dialogue is well implemented, the puzzles all play on the players in-built knowledge of how mobile phones work and there’s this disconcerting atmosphere to the whole experience.

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3.5 / 5.0
Nov 12, 2017

Simulacra might not be perfect, but it highlights that the found phone horror concept is one that has a significant amount of potential.

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70 / 100
Nov 2, 2017

Despite my numerous complaints with it, SIMULACRA was, at its core, a title that had me engrossed.

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