
2013 · Simogo · Adventure · Indie
Device 6
Device 6 plays with the conventions of games and literature, entwines story with geography and blends puzzle and novella, to draw players into an intriguing mystery of technology and neuroscience.
- Released
- 2013
- Platforms
- iOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndiePuzzleText adventureVisual novel
- Developers
- Simogo
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third personText
- Themes
- ThrillerMystery
- Time to beat
- 6hwith extras
- Composers
- Daniel Olsén
About
Device 6 (stylized as DEVICE 6) is a text-based adventure game developed by Swedish game developer Simogo, released in 2013 for iOS. The game uses text, images and sounds to guide the player through a set of puzzles, which the in-game protagonist, Anna, needs to solve to escape from an unknown island. In 2025, the game was made available on Windows, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 as part of the Simogo Legacy Collection.
Keywords
- interactive fiction
- female protagonist
- abstract
- text adventure
- igf awards
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Device 6 uses mainly text in its gameplay, and the player swipes the screen to move through or review the story. The text may turn or split into branches in certain points of the game, adapting to the protagonist's movements in the story. The player uses buttons to interact with in-game elements shown in black-and-white pictures like machines to get hints or to solve a puzzle.
Story
The game begins with Anna, the protagonist, waking up in an unknown castle, only with an unpleasant doll in her memory. Throughout her journey, she meets strange people and creatures appearing to be unresponsive or electronically controlled, raising her suspicion.
In the end, its revealed that an organization named HAT knocked her out with a doll, and drove her to the island, letting her explore the island and exposing her to a fake story in hope of making her join the organization.
Reception
Device 6 has received highly positive reviews from critics. The game is listed with a score of 92/100, indicating "universal acclaim" on review aggregation site Metacritic. Critics applaud the game for its creative way of storytelling, the well-written prose and the audio effects, while noting its short gameplay.
The game won the Excellence in Audio award in the 2014 Independent Games Festival, Apple Design Awards 2014, 2014 Best App Ever Award from Pocket Gamer and several others. It was also nominated for several BAFTA Games Awards.
Awards
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Simogo Legacy Collection
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Years
- Games released in 2013List › October–December
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