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“Under what?” is a short but very capacious story-tale about an old fisherman who suddenly faced the surface of the water. In this story there will be no dragons, the battle of good and evil, and other boring nonsense. But there will be some bad jokes and extraordinary characters.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 589 reviews
Released: 2019-08-05
Developer: Dan Gartman
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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