Orten Was The Case
Get ready to step into the (non-existent) shoes of Ziggy – an unexpected hero from a fictional Swedish neighborhood. Together, you’ll take on the daunting task of foiling a sinister scheme that could potentially devastate the entire world.
Ziggy wakes up one day with a strange mark on his hand, clueless of what happened the night before. After a couple of minutes lost amongst the familiar streets of his suburb, Orten, an explosion brings him back exactly where he woke up moments before… He’s stuck in a time loop.
With no shoes or recollection of the past, he goes on a mission to discover what the hell is going on and how to avoid the destruction of his city. This won’t be easy though, cause the more he snoops in the wrong places, the more he learns that his hometown has a lot of secrets hidden. His weird neighbors become weirder, and he can only rely on his friends, and on his highly reliable brain.
If the day repeats over and over, then how can one progress? That’s the catch: Knowledge is your key to progress in Orten. Each loop you go through, you will learn something new that will let you progress the story further. You’ll retain clues, notes, timeline events and eventually know how you can change the future in just 12 minutes on a casual Sunday.
Who are they? The Midnight Council, I mean. They seem to be the only ones that are one step in front of you. What really happened in this town 40 years ago and how do you escape the time loop and death?
Follow the clues, solve puzzles and explore the enigmatic suburb of Orten in this hand painted, intriguing, mystery adventure game!
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
This time-loop mystery is an artwork of a Swedish suburb come alive. 10/10 would loop again—gladly lost (in) time within Orten! Best free-movement Point-And-Click game ever.
Steam User 1
Give this game a chance.
The art style was off-putting at first but now it's grown on me. I was looking for something to scratch that "Knowledge based game" itch after finally beating Outer Wilds and this was recommended to me in a comment section on Youtube. After about an hour or two I was hooked. It's well thought out and gives that "ah ha!" feeling when you connect dots. The mystery is quite wild, no spoilers, but I can say I did not expect where it went in a good way.
Steam User 0
Really fun and engaging but buggy. Platforming parts are really bad since controllers suck. Got stuck in floors several times. Also, reloading checkpoints on steam deck crashes the game 50% of the time. So it is a bit rough but still good enough to keep playing.
Steam User 0
Brilliant, even thought a little bit rough around some edges! Maybe be extra forgiving initially, and it will likely not disappoint you!
Steam User 0
Good puzzle game. Sometimes buggy or hard to tell where you are moving, but nothing that ruined the experience. Interesting story, some endings are quite hard to figure out on your own.
Steam User 0
Clever puzzle game about a dude stuck in a time loop! The art style is great, the events are whacko, and the characters are great.
Only 2,5 minuses:
- Occasionally not so intuitive puzzles, but there are guides out there.
- There are checkpoints, but only in some cases. Repeating some of the end game loops can be a bit tedious.
- Half minus: A lot of the humor is based on Swedish culture, so you should definitely play it if you're Swedish! Not sure if you would get everything if you are not.
Steam User 0
interesting to use information you've gathered to make progress in the next run, like outerwilds