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Unknown Number: A First Person Talker

Unknown Number: A First Person Talker

Released: 9/21/2022

Unknown Number tells the story of a high-stakes heist, and is experienced entirely through a series of interactive “phone calls”. This adventure will have you cracking passwords, tricking guards, impersonating oil executives - and just generally saving the whole goddamn world - all with your voice. Talk, Sing, Whisper, and Shout your way through this immersive puzzle-adventure that uses voice commands for just about everything. Use your voice to... NAVIGATE a maze-like oil rig under time pressure DECODE cryptic puzzles to unlock treasure vaults MANIPULATE henchman into abandoning their guard posts PLEDGE your allegiance to a creepy underground eco-movement IMPERSONATE high-profiled oil execs on conference calls MAKE big moral decisions that impact the story TELL knock-knock jokes… and maybe even SAVE the world Unknown Number starts with a mysterious voicemail from two panicked eco-warriors on an abandoned oil rig. They’re trying to steal $7 billion from the world’s most notorious oil baron, to use in the fight against climate change. But something’s gone terribly wrong – and that’s where you come in. As the narrative unfolds, you’ll be using voice-commands to talk directly to a rich cast of complex characters - and to solve a wide variety of puzzles. Expect moral quagmires and head-scratching aplenty. Who knows, you might even make it out alive… Will you answer the call?

Unknown Number tells the story of a high-stakes heist, and is experienced entirely through a series of interactive “phone calls”. This adventure will have you cracking passwords, tricking guards, impersonating oil executives - and just generally saving the whole goddamn world - all with your voice. Talk, Sing, Whisper, and Shout your way through this immersive puzzle-adventure that uses voice commands for just about everything. Use your voice to... NAVIGATE a maze-like oil rig under time pressure DECODE cryptic puzzles to unlock treasure vaults MANIPULATE henchman into abandoning their guard posts PLEDGE your allegiance to a creepy underground eco-movement IMPERSONATE high-profiled oil execs on conference calls MAKE big moral decisions that impact the story TELL knock-knock jokes… and maybe even SAVE the world Unknown Number starts with a mysterious voicemail from two panicked eco-warriors on an abandoned oil rig. They’re trying to steal $7 billion from the world’s most notorious oil baron, to use in the fight against climate change. But something’s gone terribly wrong – and that’s where you come in. As the narrative unfolds, you’ll be using voice-commands to talk directly to a rich cast of complex characters - and to solve a wide variety of puzzles. Expect moral quagmires and head-scratching aplenty. Who knows, you might even make it out alive… Will you answer the call?

Unknown Number tells the story of a high-stakes heist, and is experienced entirely through a series of interactive “phone calls”. This adventure will have you cracking passwords, tricking guards, impersonating oil executives - and just generally saving the whole goddamn world - all with your voice. Talk, Sing, Whisper, and Shout your way through this immersive puzzle-adventure that uses voice commands for just about everything. Use your voice to... NAVIGATE a maze-like oil rig under time pressure DECODE cryptic puzzles to unlock treasure vaults MANIPULATE henchman into abandoning their guard posts PLEDGE your allegiance to a creepy underground eco-movement IMPERSONATE high-profiled oil execs on conference calls MAKE big moral decisions that impact the story TELL knock-knock jokes… and maybe even SAVE the world Unknown Number starts with a mysterious voicemail from two panicked eco-warriors on an abandoned oil rig. They’re trying to steal $7 billion from the world’s most notorious oil baron, to use in the fight against climate change. But something’s gone terribly wrong – and that’s where you come in. As the narrative unfolds, you’ll be using voice-commands to talk directly to a rich cast of complex characters - and to solve a wide variety of puzzles. Expect moral quagmires and head-scratching aplenty. Who knows, you might even make it out alive… Will you answer the call?

Critics
74
Steam
96

Score Breakdown

73.8

Critic Average

4 reviews

96

Steam User Score

24 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
N/A

Average of both sources

Review Timing

4 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)