- 70/100
- Players16 ratings
- 80/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic5 critic reviews
- 79/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 58/100
- GameFAQsEasy
- 3.32/5
- Player reviews
- 93% positive3,800 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$9.99
Where to get it
2021 · Not a Sailor Studios · Adventure · Arcade
Buddy Simulator 1984
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
- Released
- 18 February 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
- Genres
- AdventureArcadeCasualIndieRole-playingSimulation
- Developers
- Not a Sailor Studios
- Publishers
- Feardemic
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / IsometricText
- Themes
- HorrorThriller
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- USK 12ESRB TCLASS_IND 10PEGI 12ACB MGRAC 12+
- Languages
- English, English (UK)
- Time to beat
- 5hmain story6hwith extras16hcompletionist
About
Buddy Simulator 1984 is a horror adventure/role-playing video game, developed by Chicago-based team Not a Sailor Studios. It was first released for Windows on February 18, 2021, before being released on October 27, 2022, for Nintendo Switch, and on PlayStation 4, 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 6, 2023.
The game presents itself as a piece of text-based software from the year 1984, that allows the player to interact with an AI virtual "buddy".
›Story
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Buddy Simulator 1984 begins as a text adventure, operated in a mock-up of an operating system using a command prompt. After the opening portion of the story, the game shifts into a 2D turn-based role-playing game.
Reception
Buddy Simulator 1984 has a Metacritic score of 79/100 for Nintendo Switch, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Cubed3, reviewing the Nintendo Switch version, rated it 7/10, criticizing the implementation of the text-based inputs on a console controller, although describing it overall as "a very immersive thriller".
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- The Psychological Horror Bundle
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