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That Dragon, Cancer

by Numinous Games

  • Released Jan 11, 2016
  • $9.99
  • 2 h to beat
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Ouya
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)

90%positive reviews

1,414 positive149 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Moving, honest story

  • Emotional point-and-click

Cons

  • Does not run well for some

  • Simple point-and-click gameplay

Mixed

  • Some call it an essential emotional game, others say it is hard to play

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 or higher

Processor: 1.80GHz dual core processor

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: Video card with 512MB of VRAM

Storage: 5 GB available space

Sound Card: Yes (Headphones highly recommended)

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An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Ratings

  • 75IGDB players28 ratings
  • 78Critics6 reviews
  • 76Overall34 scores

Time to beat

  • 1.5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 1.9 hStory and extraswith side content

Details

Publisher

Tags

Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English

Links

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