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The Aching

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App ID 2295210
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Hadrosaurus Software
Franchise The City of Id
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies DOSBOX Emulator
Last Changenumber 29794687
Last Record Update 27 June 2025 – 20:53:30 UTC ()
Release Date 5 April 2023 – 16:59:44 UTC ()
❓ 77.00%
20 reviews
0
In-Game

In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.

Additional Information

Developer Silent Shoals Software
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/2295210/
ReleaseState released
Publisher Hadrosaurus Software
Store Release Date 5 April 2023 – 16:59:47 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.youtube.com/@hadrosaurus_software/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 5 April 2023 – 16:59:44 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 27 June 2025 – 19:59:23 UTC () (1751054363)
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review_score 7
review_percentage 95
Detected Technologies (?) DOSBOX Emulator, FluidSynth SDK, Ogg SDK, Opus SDK, SDL SDK
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 24 January 2023 – 03:05:26 UTC (), in changelist #17482828
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

📚 Interactive Fiction 😱 Horror 🫠 Surreal 🗺 Exploration 🧝 Dark Fantasy 👾 Pixel Graphics 🗺️ Adventure 👾 Retro ⌨️ Typing 📖 Lore-Rich 🌫 Atmospheric 🤫 Mystery 🎸 1980s 🏽 2D 📝 Text-Based 🔚 Multiple Endings 📚 Story Rich 🎨 Stylized 🔮 Supernatural 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing Profile Features Limited

Assets

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timestamp27 June 2025 – 20:06:50 UTC
Trailers
256933559 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
2295212 Windows English 29.19 MiB 5.74 MiB
2295213 Linux English 14.97 MiB 3.28 MiB
2295214 macOS English 19.87 MiB 6.25 MiB

Total size on disk is 64.03 MiB and total download size is 15.26 MiB.

Total size on disk is 29.19 MiB and total download size is 5.74 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 12967089 15 December 2023 – 00:18:57 UTC
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