Game

Twelve Minutes

2021 · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · PlayStation 5 · Point-and-click · Puzzle · Adventure

73IGDB player score
229 ratings

Previously Take

That 73 average hides a game its 229 fans would defend to the death. More story than an adventure game — thriller, mystery first, and the adventure game parts serve the narrative. No multiplayer, no problem — the campaign carries the whole thing.

About this game

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. The game blends the dream-like tension of The Shining with the claustrophobia of Rear Window and the fragmented structure of Memento.

You take the role of the husband, on what should be a romantic evening with your wife. The night 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 12 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.