Adventure · March 31, 2020

The Complex (2020)

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After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. With interactive gameplay, your actions and your relationship with other characters will lead you to one of eight suspenseful endings. Having treated the victims of a chemical attack in the totalitarian state of Kindar, Dr Amy Tenant is a leader in the advancement of Nanocell Technology. Now, in London, news breaks of a blood-vomiting civilian whose identity is far from coincidental. Reunited with an old friend, Amy is trapped in an impenetrable HQ of laboratories—a womb of scientific advancement with a perilous secret. The Complex is written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from The Handmaid’s Tale. The interactive movie stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Bad Blood), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch) and Al Weaver (Grantchester). Featuring guest acting performance by Twitch streamer and former Xbox UK presenter, Leah Viathan. Relationship Tracking Throughout the game you will interact with characters and — depending on your choices — will either strengthen or weaken your relationship. The relationship scores are calculated from the start right through to the very end and will affect certain scenarios as well as having major consequences in the concluding scenes. Personality Tracking For every decision you make, every interaction, your character’s personality is being tracked. At the end of each playthrough, you are rewarded with a Personality Score and a breakdown to see how you played the game. Discover the five basic dimensions of a personality; openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Which of those will your character play? Features • A completely live action, cinematic interactive sci-fi thriller, filmed in the UK. Directed by Paul Raschid, and written by Lynn Renee Maxcy (The Handmaid's Tale - TV Series). • Multi-optional storytelling with 8 different outcomes. • Real-time Relationship Status Tracking that influences the story as you play. • Real-time Personality Trait Tracking that evolves based on your choices. • Starring Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Bad Blood), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch) and Al Weaver (Grantchester) • Guest acting performance by live streamer and presenter, Leah Viathan. • Unlockable features include Skip Scene, Personality Assessment and a Hidden Event. • Featuring a Pause Choices option for improved audience participation during live streams.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 147
  • FMV · 115
  • Choices Matter · 115
  • Sexual Content · 84
  • Interactive Fiction · 78
  • Nudity · 59
  • Story Rich · 56
  • Sci-fi · 39
  • Female Protagonist · 39
  • Thriller · 38
  • Multiple Endings · 38
  • Movie · 37
  • Horror · 33
  • Mystery · 31
  • Mature · 31

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.3k Steam reviewsTop 66% in Adventure
Positive rating78% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 87%
Metacritic62/100Genre average 77 — top 95% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours2 h averageTop 86% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Italian
  • Arabic
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Reception Metrics

Steam community

78%Mostly Positive · 3.3k reviews

2.6k positive · 719 negative

Metacritic

62/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.8/10

Curator recommendations

3.1k

Press Quotes

“Story is fantastically written, acting is brilliant and multiple endings massively help with replayability.” 95/100 – God is a Geek “Phenomenal cast, complicated characters, a deep and rather dark narrative. No, it's not a traditional game. No, it's not a traditional film. But when it comes to interactive films, it's a very solid effort worth several playthroughs to discover what you may have missed the first time” 9/10 – Digitally Downloaded “A sharp, smartly written interactive thriller, with not a…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

2h

brief (under 5 hours)

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

20

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 31, 2020
DeveloperWales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Little Jade Productions
PublisherWales Interactive
Base price$3.44 -77%
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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