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Released: 8/19/2021

TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.

TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.

TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.

Critics
73
Metacritic
66

Score Breakdown

73.1

Critic Average

96 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

66

Metacritic User Score

623 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
+7.1
Combined Disparity
+7.1

Average of both sources

Review Timing

37 early (39%)51 launch window (53%)8 late (8%)

Review summary

Updated Mar 14, 2022

Based on 96 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 73.1/100. Critics score this game 7.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

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  1. Tereza KrečováviaINDIANTVCZ
    Mar 14, 2022·Late review
    50/100View review
    Metacritic 66/100 · -16.0 pts
  2. Rebecca SmithviaPlayStation LifeStyle
    Jan 12, 2022·Late review
    65/100View review
    Metacritic 66/100 · -1.0 pts
  3. Stuart GippviaNintendo Life
    Jan 12, 2022·Late review
    40/100View review
    Metacritic 66/100 · -26.0 pts
  4. B McCarthyviaPSX Extreme
    Dec 19, 2021·Late review
    84/100View review
    Metacritic 66/100 · +18.0 pts
  5. Jenny JonesviaPush Square
    Dec 11, 2021·Late review
    50/100View review
    Metacritic 66/100 · -16.0 pts