The Passenger

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About this game

Do you like monsters? Do you think they are the best part of their respective movies, books, and shows? Then you have to play The Passenger.

"vThe Passenger" is a 380,000-word interactive cosmic horror novel by Jime Rolón. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

When your eldritch existence is threatened by another unthinkable creature, you find yourself jumping dimensions to escape your ghastly fate. Safe for now, your moment of respite is short-lived as you realize you're stuck on Earth, trapped inside a dumb human larva, and with no clue of how much energy you'll need to leave this horrible place behind.

Twenty-six years later you're still stranded on an absurd planet, you have a mom and a sister, and a job delivering baked goods. Not only that, but the creature that almost ate you all those years ago never really stopped looking for you. However, there’s no way it will pinpoint your actual location… right?

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary
• You can be trans, cis, gay, straight, bi, ace, partnering aro, or choose to stay single.
• Pursue romance with a headstrong waitress, a moody store clerk, a mystifying newcomer, or an unconventional cult leader.
• Four monogamous routes, and one polyamorous route.

Will you break free from your prison of flesh?

Ratings and reviews

Now that the bugs are gone, I can make this five stars again. The concept is fresh. The characters are well developed for how short of a story it is. The choices are meaningful and well spaced. There is no forced alignment for good results (some other stories railroad you into a bad ending if you choose to be evil despite giving the option).

The beginning moved a little slow for my taste but it had lots of character development. Roach is an excellent romance option so choosing gender has its uses for those who would prefer more traditional gender roles. There is more than one ending which gives this game decent replayability. The ending is where this story really shines: everything was tied up properly except for the fate of that white truck. That poor man, probably a skeleton in a discarded truck at the end.

I had been following the development of this game and a few others for some time. Unfortunately, life gets in the way sometimes. I stopped tracking all of them but I get notification emails for new games and when I saw this email I didn't even think twice about paying for it. I enjoyed the demo that much. I thought the demo set up the world and feel of the story really well. The end result is satisfying and there are twists I was shocked by. The replayability is solid. Will you stay or go?

What's new

Fixed a bug (for real, this time) where the app could lose progress when the app goes into the background. If you enjoy "The Passenger", please leave us a written review. It really helps!