PROTOTYPE原型
Released Feb 2023
A cinematic techno-thriller about the fate of the intermediate links of progress.
83% positive · 163 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
PROTOTYPE原型 released on February 4, 2023 as a free-to-play indie visual novel / cinematic experience. The store description presents the game as a self-contained "techno-demo" — language that strongly implies a finished, standalone work rather than a platform for ongoing content. There are no DLC listings, no announced expansions, no roadmap, and no developer news posts indicating any plans for future updates or additional content. The developer has made no communications suggesting the game is anything other than a complete, shipped product. With no post-launch update pattern and no outstanding commitments, the game appears to have launched as a finished piece.
Evidence
Store description explicitly calls the game a 'techno-demo' and describes it as a self-contained narrative experience with no mention of future updates, DLC, or ongoing content.
Short description frames the game as a cinematic thriller — a complete narrative product with no indication of a content roadmap or live service model.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Nikita Kryukov
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Hong Kong, nearest future.
Socio-economic crises have not been exhausted, and political contradictions are only getting sharper.
However, even against such a background, detached human minds learn to artificially recreate their likeness.
Techno-demo about itself, about self-reflection of the unfinished and artificial. My attempt to convey the voice of those who are dismissed and forgotten in the stream of indifferent progress.
Novel features:
- fully animated graphics in retro style.
- different forms of psychological and physical violence.
- hard electronic soundtrack.
- an intricate plot that requires careful reading.
Socio-economic crises have not been exhausted, and political contradictions are only getting sharper.
However, even against such a background, detached human minds learn to artificially recreate their likeness.
Techno-demo about itself, about self-reflection of the unfinished and artificial. My attempt to convey the voice of those who are dismissed and forgotten in the stream of indifferent progress.
Novel features:
- fully animated graphics in retro style.
- different forms of psychological and physical violence.
- hard electronic soundtrack.
- an intricate plot that requires careful reading.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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