Retention updated to v1.06
2015-05-25Retention updated to v1.06 on STEAM. Now with catalan translation! ːdoggieː
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Sometimes You / Jan 13, 2015 / Adventure, Casual, Indie
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CompareThis game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
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Retention updated to v1.06 on STEAM. Now with catalan translation! ːdoggieː
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25% positive, 273 reviews
narrative game in which the player selects images to uncover the story and reach one of several thought-provoking endings ❌This project should be free, there's no interaction, and I don't like games like that! ❌The gameplay involves selecting images exclusively ❌Several endings that add nothing ❌The music doesn't fit the game's atmosphere ❌❌ Verdict: Terrible , Bad , Mediocre , Decent , Good , Very Good ...
22 found this helpful, 2026-04-04
Retention, developed and published by Sometimes You, is a brief but conceptually ambitious interactive experience that explores memory and identity through an unconventional structure. Rather than presenting a continuous story with clear progression, it fragments its narrative into moments—snapshots of a life recalled under extreme circumstances. The result is less a traditional game and more a reflective piece that...
0 found this helpful, 2026-04-01
Man how drunk was I when I brought this?
9 found this helpful, 2026-04-29
This is one of those rare instances where I wish I had done as the negative reviews had suggested and not bought the game. Sadly I thought that, because Retention was so cheap, it would be worth the risk of buying it. That did not turn out to be true. Now normally I enjoy games that go out of their way to be different and try something new. While it is safe to say Retention is something different that does not...
248 found this helpful, 2015-01-14
A short, interactive, novel game that requires little to no interaction at all. Upon clicking the starting image, you basically click numbers or Left/Right arrow keys. It’s similar to looking through a slideshow, which tells random facts, activities and descriptions of nouns as seen through the eyes of an individual; the developer, perhaps? Most of the photos I liked were the animal ones, such as the cats and the...
36 found this helpful, 2018-07-02
A bunch of random picture.. with no story.. no action.. no substance.. the only thing u do in this is to pick 1 picture from 3 picture all the time.. the pictures wasn't great.. and Iam sure you have better photo in your smartphone.. Avoid this game because this is not a game... it's just a 15-30 minutes waste of time to try to hypnotize yourself... 1/10 .. avoid this... Do offer trading cards however...
20 found this helpful, 2016-04-18
"Strange pictures conceal the ideas of the artist." It's a caption left under one of Retention's still frames, like a subtle acknowledgement that its developer knew the experience they were creating was likely going to have trouble communicating to its audience the ideas and emotions hidden underneath its disorganized film real. Shifting through photo after photo, bits of someone's life creeping through, literal and...
36 found this helpful, 2015-01-14
Beautifully frames the essence of both Microsoft PowerPoint and the nihilistic existance of office workers everywhere and combines this with the self hatred and loathing by an uninspired emo Instagram worshipping teenager. 10/10 Would recommend Cons: No achievements Pros: Minutes of playtime filled with dreariness
54 found this helpful, 2015-01-14
Wow!Just wow. After reading some negative comments,I purchased the game,thinking that all the negativity is too harsh for such an interesting idea.I really wanted to like the game and put a positive vote. After playing the game and finishing it in less than 10 minutes with random clicking on meaningless photos,which had no connection,I feel that I have lost some part of my mind. It would be interesting if it was...
48 found this helpful, 2015-07-24
Retention, hmmm, what can I say, apart from it's not really a game, just a series of images that are supposed to be flitting through an injured cyclists mind as he waits at the site of his accident. Speaking from experience, no imagery passed across my mind at the time of my serious cycling accident apart from images of being run over while I lay in the road and wishing the pulsating pain in my back...
45 found this helpful, 2015-01-14