A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

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“An ambitious, multi-layered story... we'll happily press our eye to that peephole once more and see what new fragment of this universe it reveals.”
9/10 – EDGE

“My brain has reached a state of overdrive as all those cryptic notes unearthed on a glitching computer are starting to make sense. Or, at least, I think they are.”
Polygon

“Another fantastic game from Inkle that will satisfy the code-breaking itch.”
Thinky Games

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About This Game

A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker, a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out.

 

The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working.

  

Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late.

  • Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources.

  • Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators.

  • Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world.

  • Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore.

  • Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).

  • Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose).

TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead, The Return of the Obra DinnType Help and Her Story, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA

Written and created by the award-winning team behind Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

System Requirements

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macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Any
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Any
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Sonoma
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Sequoia or higher
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Storage: 500 MB available space

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