The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is a female protagonist, gore and lgbtq+ game developed by White Owls Inc. and published by Arc System Works.
Released on October 11th 2018 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 1,335 reviews of which 1,190 were positive and 145 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 8.23€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories into these genres:

Female Protagonist Gore LGBTQ+ Puzzle-Platformer Indie Adventure Story Rich Emotional Action Horror Anime Singleplayer Platformer Side Scroller Difficult Psychological Horror Violent Puzzle Surreal Great Soundtrack

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS)
Processor: Intel Core i-5 @ 2.4GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 6 GB available space
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio Device

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

A strong and nuanced narrative of a queer young student's struggles with her family, friends, and school life told through her phone conversations and a brutal nightmare that forces her to tear herself apart, set herself on fire, and flee horrifying monsters to progress and hopefully find what she's been missing. THE MISSING has some of the realest, most painfully relatable conversations in video games and I cried multiple times. It's not an easy story but it is increasingly needed in today's world, especially for those people who maybe don't understand what it's like being isolated and afraid, or have forgotten what it's like being a teenager who's "different". The platforming and puzzling is clever and each chapters comes with new ideas and ways to implement the mechanic of hurting yourself to tear yourself apart. Throw your arm to hit a thing out of your reach. Set yourself on fire to spread the blaze and clear a pathway. Become just a head and roll through tiny gaps. You can regenerate at any time, but it still always hurts. And you FEEL that hurt. The visual effect of being hurt (tastefully veiled by JJ turning to shadow and her blood splattering white) is just horrible enough to never grow old, and her screams will stick with me forever. THE MISSING comes highly recommended. It's well worth playing or, if playing it yourself sounds too stressful, check out LuckyBun's play through and commentary YouTube. Finished to credits in about 7-8 hours.

Feb. 2025

If you're trans or even any sort of queer please I beg of you to please play this game. It's a very very wonderful game with a fantastic story that is sure to hit home with anyone under the queer umbrella. Some puzzles may be irritating, the voice acting a little odd and the animations a bit slow but it is so worth it for the story the game tells. This game shook me to my core and i'm sure it will with many others as well. Please please play this game. "This game was made with the belief that nobody is wrong for being what they are"

Dec. 2024

bruh this game is too goddamn relatable it gets even more viseceral when my deadnames initials are also "J.J." on a more serious note its a relatively short but easy play even if ur horrible at platformers like me there typically checkpoints close enough and I only ever needed a guide for collectibles and 2 puzzles

Sept. 2024

If you had told me a week ago that one of the most heartfelt and powerful queer narratives in all of gaming was a game made by Swery, I would have laughed at you. The idea sounds ridiculous—Swery? The Deadly Premonition guy? But it's true. I teared up when I finished The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories . The integration of the gameplay with the story elements is masterful, elevating both and putting you into that emotionally raw place of alienation, dysphoria, and self-hatred right there with the main character. On top of that, it's also a legitimately very fun puzzle-platformer that manages to strike an excellent balance of difficulty and that uses its dismemberment mechanics to their fullest potential, without overstaying its welcome. Besides maybe one or two sections I got stuck on for an extended period of time because it wasn't clear what the game wanted from me, the game manages to stay consistently challenging while never putting up a brick wall of a difficulty spike. There are parts of the game that are rough around the edges—the voice acting is stilted, some of the animations (particularly those around the neck-breaking puzzles) get repetitive with how slightly too long they are, and a few controls could have been explained better. But honestly, to me, those imperfections just make the game feel that much more human and sincere.

Sept. 2024

The MISSING is a lovely and interesting story that was greatly hindered by gameplay, especially towards the end. It left me so frustrated and I feel the gameplay section of the finale could have been handled a lot better, as it greatly soured my overall enjoyment and left me struggling through, until I could finally see the credits roll. However, I am still going to say, it is a game one should experience for themself. It is VERY in your face with the story it is trying to tell, so I don't understand how so many people miss the mark by such a large margin. Yes, the collectibles give you more tidbits, but even without getting a 100% the game still shows you EXACTLY who J.J. is, and I loved every second of it. The voice acting was interesting, if a little lacking (once again towards the end), but it blessed me with such a fascinating new vocal stim of "Major hemorrhage"so, thank you based doctor. This game was made with the belief that nobody is wrong for being what they are.

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