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Back to 21
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You’ve been given a chance to go back to 21. Build relationships, explore new paths, and pursue the passion you once buried. Beneath it all lies a deeper truth about the world that contains you. Or perhaps… that you contain.

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Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
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Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“This is an experimental idea and I'm not sure how players respond. The scope of the full vision is bigger than I could continue working alone for without market validation.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The remaining part of the game will take approximately 6 months to 1 year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version will:
1. contain content after reaching level 4 for each of the passion paths and reaching affinity >= level 4 with each of the characters.
2. Add endings depending on what milestones you reached and what major choices were made.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“For the Early Access version, you can play each passion path up to level 3, and befriend each character up to affinity 3.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“There will be a price increase for the 1.0 release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I would love to receive feedback from Steam Community discussions, as well as input via other social media.”
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Planned Release Date: 2026

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About This Game

You play as Momo, about to pass away with regrets for the dreams you sacrificed. On the brink of crossover, you’ve been given a second chance, to go back to age 21. This was the year you first joined one of the world’s top tech companies, AlphaCorp. You had everything you were told to want - success, stability, prestige. But you always knew something was missing...

Navigate 49 days of choices that shape your career, relationships, and ultimately, yourself. Through conversations with characters of different worldviews, and challenges to survive (and potentially thrive) solely on your passion, you’ll begin to see the undercurrents that run your world.

Key Features

  • Meet Different Characters: Dialogues in the game bring opportunities to reflect, connect, or question. Choose who you befriend wisely - your experience is partly shaped by those who you are close to.

  • A Passion Worth Following: Beyond your day job at AlphaCorp, the game introduces five alternative passion paths, each offering a unique gameplay experience. Choose one or more passion paths to explore. Build skills, find mentors, and decode hints of passion hidden in your physical state (mood/energy) and inner dialogues (diary).

  • Strategic Time & Resource Management: You’ll need to strategically balance time, money, and energy. Pursuing your passion doesn’t start off profitable. It’s risky, and it takes commitment. Can you stay afloat while nurturing a dream?

  • A Unique Design of Limiting Beliefs: You will start off having several limiting beliefs with various strengths. Some beliefs will affect your mood while pursuing passion-related paths (and hence your energy drop rate), and other beliefs will affect how much money you can make while pursuing the passion paths. It will be very hard to make a living off of the passion paths while carrying high degrees of limiting beliefs.

  • A Blend of Realism and Fantasy: the game includes elements of fantasy such as a Mystical Arts passion path, magical herbs, and a portal to a timeless dimension. Enjoy this surrealism mixed with what appears to be everyday life.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

1. The breadth of topics in dialogues are selected with the help of AI.

2. AI voiceover in the Cinematic Trailer.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

I use images from the Rider Waite's Tarot deck. Some images - such as The Lovers card - contains artistic depictions of nude bodies. Genital areas are blurred out.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows Vista or greater
    • Processor: 2 Ghz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OSX 10.10+
    • Processor: 2 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 256 mb video memory, OpenGL 2
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
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