Follow the meaning on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…

Follow the meaning is a adventure, puzzle and 2d game developed by HiKing Mind Studio and published by Second Maze.
Released on November 22nd 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 22 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Czech, Vietnamese, Swedish, Spanish - Spain, Finnish and Portuguese - Portugal.

It has received 681 reviews of which 634 were positive and 47 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 8+
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 11
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Iris Graphics 540
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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Feb. 2025
Briefly. Mysteriously. In the spirit of a rusty lake. The developers decided to show the world their creation, into which love, work and a piece of soul were invested. And they hit the mark. The game turned out to be awesome, with a bunch of interesting puzzles, plot twists and cute kittens😻. Plot. After waking up in the middle of an incomprehensible island, our hero Detective decides to investigate all its secrets, and there are many of them. People with three eyes, strange signs everywhere and a huge psychiatric hospital with evil doctors are clearly not a good sign. Gameplay. A HUGE advantage here is the movement. There is no animation of the hero's movement. He instantly teleports around the location, this saves a lot of time and makes the game very enjoyable. Also, the puzzles are really interesting. We will need to change the time of day, climb on roofs, and even dive under water. And along the way, do not forget to help collect cats for grandma:3 Visuals. The drawing is very beautiful. Each character, each location and elements on it are hand-drawn, in a very colorful style. And the soundtrack.... I give the game 10/10 for it separately. Perfectly selected melodies help to create the right emotional mood. Final. Overall, I am incredibly happy that not only Rusty Lake makes high-quality and exciting games in the point and click genre. I strongly recommend everyone to go through this interesting puzzle and understand what exactly the meaning should be followed;) If you read the review and liked it, don't forget to give it a thumbsup;) The further - The better♥️
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Dec. 2024
This game is full of surprises! It had so many small twists in the story and aesthetics that I truly was not expecting. Its a great length for this style game and puzzles were just the right amount of challenging. The story is much different to what I expected. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would! I would die for Paul...he is so cute Highly recommended!!
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Nov. 2024
The game Follow the meaning immediately reminded me of games by Rusty Lake (The White Door, Underground Blossom, ...). Not only with its cartoonish graphics, but also with the suspenseful music that changes according to your progress in the game. Although the game is relatively short, it offers a variety of point-and-click puzzles that will undoubtedly warm up your brain. These are not only logic puzzles, but also imaginative mini-games (picture folding or finding cats across the game world... meow!). The game's story makes one think and the monologues of the characters present do the same. Although the game is sure to captivate children with its graphics, adults may find a much deeper meaning in it. The price for the game is more than friendly and personally I can only recommend it.
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Nov. 2024
Pleasant point-and-click puzzle game. Well done, just a little too short, I would have liked to stay a little longer in this strange Universe with Detective Trilby.
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Nov. 2024
I played this in an evening, it's short but full of weird little puzzles I totally enjoyed. Finding all the cats is challenging, I'm still missing one. The story is brilliant and the interactions with the villagers are both confusing and enlightening. Love the graphics and the sound effects.
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Follow the meaning
8.7
634
47
Online players
5
Developer
HiKing Mind Studio
Publisher
Second Maze
Release 22 Nov 2024
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