The Signifier is a story-driven tech-noir mystery adventure. Explore the real world and enter the unconscious realms of the victim's mind. Use technology to find clues to solve puzzles, unravel layers of dialogue, and find the truth.
About the story
When the vice-president of the largest tech company in the world is found dead in her apartment, you are asked to investigate her last memories to find what really happened... You are Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, and the main researcher behind an experimental deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker. Its controversial technology allows the exploration of the recorded senses and unconscious realms of the mind. In a world on the verge of an AI revolution, you will navigate through the deep and surrealistic world of human psychology and learn from its darkness. You will defy the abstract language of the unconscious where everything can be interpreted. The Signifier is a first-person tech-noir mystery adventure with a multi-layer narrative that spirals into a complex web of real world intrigue and surreal suspense... Can you find truth... in a subjective world?
Platforms
Mac PCGenres
Adventure Indie PuzzleThemes
Horror Mystery Science fiction Thriller
Languages: English and 5 more
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Media
Critic Reviews
GamesCreed
By Juan Carlos OrtizThe game is a genuinely fun experience. And like with most VR games today, it still has its share of glitches. There’s certainly frustrating but they aren’t so major that I will avoid coming back to The Signifier. As much as I gripe about the glitches, it is a genuinely good time playing. If you’re going to get into this game, you might want to dedicate a whole afternoon to playing.
COGconnected
By Patrick AndersonI was expecting to like The Signifier VR more than I did. On paper, it’s got a really cool premise that seemed to offer similarities to Heavy Rain or even the best aspects of Cyberpunk 2077. But the move to VR doesn’t seem to have added much other than slightly downgraded visuals. If you enjoy walking simulators and point and click adventures, then this might be your jam. But otherwise, wait for The Signifier VR to go on sale.
NoesPaisparaFrikis
By Agustín RaluyThis new version is on the one hand a technical improvement in terms of optimization, speed and performance, but also the playable content is expanded, including more memories, dialogues, decisions and even three new endings to add to those that were already in the original edition. , multiplying the replayability of the title.
COGconnected
By Mark SteighnerI did not play the original release, so I can’t compare this new version to the old or verify its improvements or the effectiveness of its multiple ending variants, but if the game’s frequent load times have been improved, they must have been really egregious before. In the end, although The Signifier Director’s Cut has a solid intellectual conceit and an interesting story to tell, I’m just not convinced that a point-and-click puzzle game is the ideal medium for telling it. Despite its improvements, it’s still rough around the edges in lots of little ways. Still, the new release of the game manages to drop more than a few thought bombs for later contemplation, so while The Signifier Director’s Cut lacks in polish and execution, it is worth checking out for fans of the point-and-click genre and brainy games in general.
GameMAG
ByThe Signifier have a quite an original concept, but falls short to hold any momentum with repetative sections and and a mess of hastily forgotten plot points. If only the dev team had a bigger budget, then maybe this game could become something entirely else.
