Cradle
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his companion and solve the mystery of the neglected entertainment park located not far from the yurt together. Key Features Open World. Explore the mysterious and stylish world of the robotized Mongolia. Search the yurt, take a stroll down the river or head towards the entertainment park – this game has no fences you cannot overcome. Living Characters. Communicate with NPCs. Owing to non-standard emotion display technology where actor eyes video is used, the NPCs in Cradle look as ‘live’ ones.
Game Discussion
Steam User 8
You know, there is something about this game. Give it a chance, play longer than 5 minutes and maybe you will not be able to stop until you finish the game, like me :)
Steam User 6
The story itself is pretty interesting, but im not a fan of the minigame levels and their achievements. But overall pretty nice and rather fun to play. The voice acting and the whole ambience is really well done and cool. All in one a pretty nice game. I can really recommend it
Steam User 5
You know what? I just remembered this game after like 10 years. I was watching some dumb video on youtube and then this popped into my head. "You know that one game with the robot waif that was really short but had an interesting world."
So I popped on the store page to look for a sequel or anything else by the creators. There isn't, which is sad. I can't tell you anything about the game other than the fact that it laid dormant in my memory for about 10 years after playing it, so...
It's pretty good. It's like 5 dollars give it a try.
Steam User 5
So atmopsheric and super insteresting world of empy Mongolian cyberpunk steppe. For me is realy gem thought indie games. Only sad story is very short. From negative side is annoying room games with cubes.
Steam User 3
My recommendation is a little tepid. The game is beautifully rendered and populated, and I loved exploring and figuring out the story through the medium of postcards, newspapers, and other paper memorabilia. The setting's patina, an alternate history futuristic yet dystopian Mongolia, was ethereal and really captivated me. I love poking through an old house filled with knick-knacks and trinkets.
However the game lost much of its charm as soon as I started obeying it and performing its quests and dialogue, which effortlessly stripped the mystique and charm the opening exploration had built up. No longer was I piecing it together as much as being told.
The ending in particular left me feeling "Where is the rest of the game?" in a way that made me feel that I really had enjoyed it and wanted more, and exploring people's interpretations brought back some of the depth and allure. So I have to admit, I liked it well enough. Its just that it could have been a 10/10 and instead, its a 6/10.
Steam User 3
I played this game as a child and was scared ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of the black blobs. I wanted to play it again now as an adult, so my girlfriend got me the game, discovered I am still scared ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of the black blobs.
11/10 amazing plot, amazing world, banger soundtrack and awesome voice acting. The visuals of the game are so atmospheric too. The muted colors really pull everything together. The minigames made me bang my head on a wall. Perfect game!
Steam User 1
A beautiful sci-fi game. While short, the story is really intriguing. I recommand however to spend some time to look for all the hidden notes as this is mandatory to understand the ending (check the achievements).