Quarantine Circular

First, do no harm. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular comes another experimental short, the next mutation in text-based adventure. In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching.

Quarantine Circular is a visual novel, choose your own adventure and text-based game developed and published by Bithell Games.
Released on May 22nd 2018 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 424 reviews of which 374 were positive and 50 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Quarantine Circular into these genres:

Visual Novel Choose Your Own Adventure Text-Based Aliens Diplomacy Investigation Sci-fi Choices Matter Multiple Endings Casual Point & Click Cinematic Detective Futuristic Logic Story Rich Adventure 3D Noir Mystery

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: 2.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated 2048 MB+
Storage: 3 GB available space

MacOS

OS: MacOS Sierra+
Processor: 2.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated 2048 MB+
Storage: 3 GB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

I recommend this to anyone who likes short narrative driven text based games because this too is well written and somewhat unique, like Surface Circular from the same devs. Here is what you need to know: ?This is like a visual novel of 3D scenes. Although everything is in decent 3D, there's no character animations except when there is significant movement, such as a character entering or exiting a scene, a major action, or an escalation of an argument. +All dialog is text based but well written. ?Music is fine, nothing really impressive to me. +Expect 1.5 to 2 hours per playthrough if you dont skip a scene, but afterwords individual scenes are selectable. -I was not very motivated to replay it again because I think the different endings and major choices that lead to them are relatively obvious. ?In game hints are not as helpful with the prior game if you get stuck, because the few puzzle/riddles are from a small set of notes, but they're not as clear to figure out. +"Dev commentary" available after one playthrough is done in a unique format that I recommend at least trying for a bit.

Nov. 2024

my biggest issue with quarantine circular is similar to my issue i had with subsurface circular, the previous game from this developer: it's just too damn short. both games are relatively simple but very memorable nonetheless. the UI and storytelling both felt more fluid in this game and the art style/animation gave more life to the characters in this story. overall, this is a pleasant experience, exploring an interesting concept about aliens, and humanity banding together to overcome adversity. i feel that this is a much better implementation than the predecessor in this series.

Oct. 2024

This visual novel felt like no other I had played. Despite its short length, it manages to build up a whole universe-as well as characters and organisations which all have different philosophies and motivations.

Sept. 2024

A very strong first-contact story. You play as different characters who are on a medical vessel that has imprisoned the first alien contacted by humanity. During this time, humanity is being attacked by a plague that is devastating populations. You have a lot of decisions to make. Do you trust Gabriel, the alien? Is Gabriel responsible for the plague attacking humanity? Can you work with Gabriel to cure the plague? I really enjoyed this game.

Aug. 2024

Very engaging narrative science fiction. A interactive exchange between a ship's crew members and a massive crab alien. Absolutely worth the price of admission. Will checkout the dev commentary on a second playthrough sometime.

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5.99€

8.2

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Bithell Games

Publisher

Bithell Games

Release 22 May 2018

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