Paradigm

Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

Paradigm is a adventure, indie and point & click game developed and published by Jacob Janerka.
Released on April 05th 2017 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,561 reviews of which 1,472 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista/7
  • Processor: 2 GHz (Dual Core)
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: mouse
MacOS
  • OS: Lion (10.7)
  • Processor: 2 GHz (Dual Core) Intel
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB RAM
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: mouse
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 (64 Bit only)
  • Processor: 2 GHz (Dual Core)
  • Memory: 2 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 1 GB dedicated graphics
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: mouse

Reviews

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Sept. 2024
Great humour Amazing art Superb soundtrack 5/5 Accurately demonstrates life in Eastern Europe.
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Sept. 2024
A really, really, great point-and-click adventure game. If you love Day of the Tentacle and similar goofy games than this is the game for you. But dont expect any challenging puzzles, except for maybe one (the elevator puzzle). Enjoy the ride.
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Sept. 2024
a bit buggy on linux, this is nonetheless a funny point and click with phat beats
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July 2024
Since writing in most games nowadays is utterly uninteresting, it is incredibly refreshing to stumble upon something like Paradigm. The point-and-click puzzles weren't super interesting, but the dialogues, characters, original visual style and music have definitely made me a fan
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June 2024
Random: The Game This is clearly a passion project with sweet tunes that is impossible to compare to any other games. It's creative, it's strange, it's unpredictable, and it's fun! Check it out, you seriously have to play it yourselves to believe something like this exists.
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Paradigm
9.0
1,472
89
Online players
1
Developer
Jacob Janerka
Publisher
Jacob Janerka
Release 05 Apr 2017
Platforms
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