''Go Home Annie'' is a 2024 first-person horror

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video game developed by Misfit Village and published by Nordcurrent Labs.

Plot

''Go Home Annie'' is set in the

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universe, in which the player takes the role of Annie, a low-level employee of SCP Foundation. The organisation is tasked with securing and containing paranormal entities, tasking the player to solve various puzzles and navigating the environment. Annie initially finds herself in front of an abandoned house, acquires a

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allowing her to see objects from a parallel universe.

Development and release

The game was announced in 2022, when both a demo and a trailer were released, and entered beta by the end of 2023. Misfit Village was actively looking for a publisher during the early stages of development, but eventually opted for a

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n-based publishing house Nordcurrent Labs. In total, the development of the game lasted five years. ''Go Home Annie'' was initially slated for release on December 3, 2024 but was subsequently postponed to December 10, for PC. The development of the game was partially funded by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, receiving a grant of 75,000 kuna in 2021.

Reception

A review published on the Greek editions of

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made positive remarks, giving it 8.0 out of 10.

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was also positive in its review, praising its story and atmosphere, but criticized the stealth sequences and puzzles, giving it 8.5 out of 10.

References

External links

Official website
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