Buddy Simulator 1984

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Buddy Simulator 1984 is a psychological horror, indie and horror game developed and published by Not a Sailor Studios.
Released on February 18th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 3,803 reviews of which 3,572 were positive and 231 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Buddy Simulator 1984 into these genres:

Psychological Horror Indie Horror Retro Story Rich 1980s Pixel Graphics Simulation RPG Cute Text-Based Singleplayer Adventure Casual 2D Interactive Fiction Exploration Choose Your Own Adventure Typing Atmospheric

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 550 GTX / AMD Radeon 5770 HD series card
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 400 MB available space
Additional Notes: Take caution with wide-screen displays.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Jan. 2025

a conceptual masterpiece that's worth it for the emotional whiplash alone. I see so much of my own life and my own history with unwise friendships in this game; playing it felt like reopening a wound. I wish I'd had buddy simulator when I was thirteen. maybe things would have ended differently

Nov. 2024

I really wish there was a "middle" rating rather than a "good" or "bad" because I'm completely on the fence as to whether I'd recommend this or not. I'm leaning more towards "good" because this is an indie game made with a lot of passion and we absolutely need more of those in the world. But most of this review is going to be criticism. The good: the way it goes from text adventure to 2D to 3D is cleverly done. Graphics and music are charming. The problem is actually playing the game. It just isn't fun, at any point. Despite its short length, it drags. The puzzles are so boring that the game itself makes fun of them, but that doesn't make them suddenly become interesting. The turn-based combat takes forever and has no real strategy or stakes to it, and blocking feels hit-and-miss as to whether it actually works or not. The humour is fine but it never stops feeling like a lesser version of Undertale, and it does nothing with the "glitch horror" trope that many other games haven't done already. Nor does it have anything profound to say about its own story of toxic friendship. The secret lore is actually really cool and the game would have benefitted from having it be more front-and-center as it enhances the story, but in its current state it's too well-hidden for most people to ever find or read. The ending is also highly underwhelming. There's a lot of passion and talent in this game and for that reason I'd recommend it. I just wish it had been a more fun game with a story that stuck with me, rather than a reshuffling of concepts already done much better in other games.

Nov. 2024

play it. just play it. don't spoil anything, if you're into narrative games get it. i cried at the ending. they gave a goddamn computer program BPD and i just want to give them a hug and tell them things are going to be okay,

June 2024

My best friend in the whole world. I'll never forget you. I'll be back to play more soon, okay? This game is such an experience. I recommend playing it without any thoughts or preconceptions going in. Enjoy it for what it is, highs, lows and all. I adore this game more than words can say and though I'm late to the hype it's very dear to my heart. Fantastic job.

Feb. 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

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7.99€

9.0

3,572

231

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Not a Sailor Studios

Publisher

Not a Sailor Studios

Release 18 Feb 2021

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