Glasgow-based Blue Rider Interactive announced today that its feature-length, dramatic third-person thriller Apartment Story is now available for PC.
Apartment Story is a fast-paced, single-player narrative experience about three people and a gun, set within a single apartment. It contrasts the mundanity of modern living with taut and sharp storytelling.
About:
Arthur is a 27-year-old just trying to stay afloat. One day his mundane life takes a turn when his former roommate Diane shows up at his door. She stays a while and together they party, but soon Blondey enters the picture and the good times soon go bad.
Over a few days in a single apartment, players must help Arthur navigate escalating narrative events and his interpersonal relationships. This must be done while maintaining his via an immersive, sim-lite management system. This is all brought to life via a highly detailed, atmospheric, yet grounded PS2-style aesthetic.
Apartment Story allows players to express their own personality through gameplay choices made in the downtime between its narrative beats. Will they choose to participate in a dangerous and dramatic narrative? Or will they keep the front door closed, eating and procrastinating until they’ve shut the world out for good? Whatever they decide, the cold steel of a handgun lies hidden somewhere within the darkness of the apartment.
Apartment Story Features:
- Absorb yourself in a fast-paced, dramatic thriller that centers around three distinct personalities which evolve as the gun is introduced and the stakes are raised.
- Take an active role in Arthur’s life and welfare through a deep and immersive needs management system. Eat food, pee, wash your hands, sleep, smoke, write, watch TV, shave, change clothes, nap, shower, take drugs, wash the dishes, turn off the lights, drink beer, listen to music, top up your electric, answer the door and shoot someone with a real gun. Engaging in these activities will keep your Life stats up and Arthur poised for the drama coming his way if that’s what you’ve chosen.
- Tidy and organize the objects within your apartment however you desire by picking up any small object and placing them anywhere within reach.
- Real-time night and day cycles.
- A feature-length experience, which means you can grab yourself a drink and complete the game within a single night. Playtime: approximately 90-120 minutes.
Apartment Story is now available to download for PC (Steam Deck compatible) via Steam for $7.00. / £6.00 / €6.83.
You can check out the new launch trailer for the game below.
