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Imaginary Friend Institution is a Action, Adventure, Indie game with popular tags including Horror, Exploration, Action RPG, Psychological Horror, RPG.

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ANVIL0 — Shared: RPG, Action RPG, Exploration. Also features first-person and realistic. Tags: RPG, Action RPG, Exploration
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