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About the Game Dry Drowning is an investigative thriller-oriented visual novel set in the futuristic dystopian universe of Nova Polemos. A shady socio-political situation dragging everything down to the abyss, a serial killer drawing strength from this darkness, a tormented detective and his assistant craving for redemption.
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About the Game
Dry Drowning is an investigative thriller-oriented visual novel set in the futuristic dystopian universe of Nova Polemos.
A shady socio-political situation dragging everything down to the abyss, a serial killer drawing strength from this darkness, a tormented detective and his assistant craving for redemption.
Dry Drowning challenges the player to find the truth, going through ambiguous characters, riddles, clues and unexpected events, while telling an extremely compelling and mature story.
Game Features
- Choices really matter: Players choices can lead to an always different story, with more than 150 story branches and 3 completely different endings
- Heavy moral choices: Dramatically change the way you live the game, affecting background politics, technology, environment, NPC encounters, who lives and who dies
- High replayability: More than 20 hours gameplay to see everything about
- Time travel: Explore the detective's flashbacks and investigate cases from the past to help you solve new ones
- Psychological interrogations: Break the masks and uncover the truth with the Living Nightmares system
- Original soundtrack: dynamic OST with more than 50 audio tracks, some of which live recorded, for more than 2 hours of music
Get ready to dive into darkness...
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- Requirement 1:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS:
- WINDOWS® 10 (64bit)
- Processor:
- Intel® Core™ i3-4160
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- Intel® HD Graphics 4400
- DirectX:
- Version 11
- Storage:
- 2 GB available space
recommended*
- Requirement 1:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS:
- WINDOWS® 10 (64bit)
- Processor:
- Intel® Core™ i5-3570
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660
- DirectX:
- Version 11
- Storage:
- 2 GB available space
User reviews
GAR
Not recommended | 25 Jun 2022
8.2h played
Dry Drowning has a decent story, good art and music, but is marred by issues with the writing - at least for the English version. The writing is very awkward in terms of sentence structure, grammar, and sentence
Helpful: 10
LemonShoe
Recommended | 20 Nov 2022
27.5h played
Anyone who’s not a fan of politics in video games should avoid this game, anyone else who stuck around you's in for a treat on this noir detective story with plenty of edginess, attractive characters (with a few
Helpful: 4
Fbarok
Recommended | 05 Jun 2024
12.0h played
This review is specially made for those who like to get all the achievements in games (minor spoilers ahead). Description: Dry Drowning is an indie visual novel where you play the role of a detective fallen in disgrace
Helpful: 3
landofozgirl
Not recommended | 03 Sept 2022
5.0h played
I found that I was forcing myself to continue so I finally called it and quit. I didn't like the characters, mechanics, story and graphics.
Helpful: 12
17e Hominine
Recommended | 10 Oct 2022
7.5h played
This game is really great. The choices it offers made me vibrate just thinking about their consequences. Even better I was surprised several times by their repercussions and the story that plays with our feelings. I
Helpful: 3
birdaaeye
Recommended | 21 Jan 2025
19.7h played
The storytelling is top-notch and captivating, but what really stands out are the countless meaningful interactions. Your choices have a profound impact on the story and how other characters perceive you, making every
Helpful: 0