Eliza

Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

Eliza is a female protagonist, visual novel and emotional game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on August 12th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, Hungarian, Russian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 1,628 reviews of which 1,479 were positive and 149 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Eliza into these genres:

Female Protagonist Visual Novel Emotional Psychological Indie Atmospheric Story Rich Dystopian Singleplayer Beautiful Great Soundtrack Choices Matter Sci-fi LGBTQ+ Casual

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1366 x 768
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 1 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.9+
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1366 x 768
Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, 1366 x 768
Storage: 1 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

This game asks soul-wrenching questions about technology and how it can help deal with pain in the world. This sounds generic on paper, but it's hard to get across how mature and thought-provoking the approach it takes is. Make sure to approach this story with as much of an open mind as possible.

Oct. 2024

Most choices don't matter (except the last one deciding the ending). This story gives you a lot to think about, even more these days were AI like ChatGPT, Bard, Llama, Gemini and other are getting more and more traction. Clearly a good read...

Sept. 2024

I think this game was definitely prescient for the time it was created. It really hits a lot of good points about AI, technology, and has great characters. Having worked in a tech company, I feel the vibes of a lot of it are spot on. I think it's worth playing, so I would recommend it, but I think for me there's a lot of negatives: there's almost no actual variations to choose and a lot of times you have to click when there's only one option, so I didn't feel a lot of agency, and the ending is really based just on a final choice in the game. For me, as a VN lover, this made it feel a lot less like anything I did actually mattered. I still enjoyed the game due to the interesting characters and writing and would suggest it for most people who like VNs.

March 2024

Playing Eliza in 2024 feels strange. AI is a bigger issue now than it was in 2019. Programs like ChatGPT have been adopted by megacorps to replace human interactions, at the expense of functionality and basic adherence to the truth. Better Help has produced a working model for low cost mental health care that comes with a dystopian level of drawbacks, and is widely adopted and accepted. Eliza's themes and topics were on top of this 5 years ago. And it still has good, and bad, things to say about different outlooks towards AI, mental healthcare, and human connection. It's under 10 hours long. It'll probably make you think about something you haven't thought about yet. The characters are flawed and relatable and compelling. The VA is laid back without being boring, and everything except stage direction/occasional inner monologue is voiced. It's essentially a kinetic novel, and that plays into the themes too. It's clever. You should play it.

Jan. 2024

To understand Eliza, it's important to first understand its context. Eliza derives its name from a 1960's therapy program that was capable of conducting therapy for users by asking them questions based on what the user had already stated. The game Eliza analyzes this dynamic of recycling back user input in a therapy setting combined with the implications of generative AI. The game came out three years before ChatGPT, which made its message and questions raised about AI, data privacy, and general intelligence more relevant than ever. This is a must-play game already for its stellar voice acting, graphics, and writing. However, it is also notable for what it means for us as people who are engulfed with exponentially increasing amounts of automation and difficulty discerning what is human or what is machine.

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14.79€

8.6

1,479

149

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Developer

Zachtronics

Publisher

Zachtronics

Release 12 Aug 2019

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