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Detroit: Become Human

Quantic Dream

2018•Adventure•PEGI 18•About 14 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramamysteryscience fictionthrillerdetectivemafia/gangsterrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossyall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, heavy adventure game: smart and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

80 / 100

1,320 ratings

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About This Game

Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018. Set in a near-future Detroit where androids serve humans, the story follows three android protagonists—Kara, Connor, and Markus—who shape the city’s fate through their choices. Gameplay combines exploration, dialogue interactions, and quick-time events, with branching storylines and multiple endings. The narrative explores themes of artificial intelligence, freedom, and morality.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Detroit 2038. Technology has evolved to a point where human like androids are everywhere. They speak, move and behave like human beings, but they are only machines serving humans. Play three distinct androids and see a world at the brink of chaos, perhaps our future, through their eyes. Your very decisions will dramatically alter how the game’s intense, branching narrative plays out. You will face moral dilemmas and decide who lives or dies. With thousands of choices and dozens of possible endings, how will you affect the future of Detroit and humanity’s destiny?

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDramaMysteryScience fictionThrillerDetectiveMafia/gangsterRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questComplex relationshipDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Neo noirInvestigationAndroidsFemale protagonistMultiple protagonistsDavid cage

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Details

Developer: Quantic Dream
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: 25 May 2018
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 11h rushed, 14h normally, 32h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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