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Californium
21BANG SCORE

Californium

Skip · Strategy · 2016

Light on value at this price: $6.99, 70% positive.

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The verdict

Better value than 34% of Strategy games

Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?

Length
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$/hr
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Price
$6.99
Reviews
70%
407 reviews
Metacritic
64
critic score
Released
2016
What drives the score
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Reviews• 70% positive
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Monetization• None
No microtransactions, nothing drags the score down

↑ Raising the score, ↓ lowering it, • neutral. Lime is a core driver, blue a supporting signal. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.

Critics vs players+6
Critics
64
Players
70
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 407 Steam player reviews
Price history

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—No achievement data available for this game.Steam global achievements

DeveloperDarjeeling
PublisherARTE France
GenreStrategy
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Californium
$6.99
Buy on Steam · $6.99Cheaper keys on G2A

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