The Westport Independent

The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...

The Westport Independent is a indie, simulation and dystopian game developed and published by Double Zero One Zero.
Released on January 21st 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 302 reviews of which 226 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Westport Independent into these genres:

Indie Simulation Dystopian Political Choices Matter Singleplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Open GL 2.0
Storage: 100 MB available space

MacOS

Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Open GL 2.0
Storage: 100 MB available space

Linux

Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Open GL 2.0
Storage: 100 MB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

A nice little game to play. It's a bit short but when the game costs 0$ can't really complain about the length.

Oct. 2024

A solid game with an interesting premise, where you play as an editor deciding what stories to censor or publish in a post-war dystopia. The moral dilemmas and narrative tension are intriguing, but the gameplay feels a bit repetitive after a while. It’s a decent experience, but you can’t help but feel like it could’ve been better with a bit more depth or variety.

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Free to play

7.0

226

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Developer

Double Zero One Zero

Publisher

Double Zero One Zero

Release 21 Jan 2016

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