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Games Like Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

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A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 75% — of 670 reviews
Released: 2017-06-09
Developer: Träumendes Mädchen
Genres: Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 48 min
Mean playtime: 19.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 42%

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