Adventure · August 19, 2021
Twelve Minutes (2021)
TWELVE MINUTES is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. What should be a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police detective breaks into your home, accuses your wife of murder and beats you to death... Only for you to find yourself immediately returned to the exact moment you opened the front door, stuck in a TWELVE-MINUTE time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again... Unless you can find a way to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop. TWELVE MINUTES blends the dream-like tension of THE SHINING with the claustrophobia of REAR WINDOW and the fragmented structure of MEMENTO.
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Indie · 140
- Adventure · 135
- Mystery · 129
- Puzzle · 127
- Story Rich · 114
- Time Travel · 107
- Singleplayer · 103
- Point & Click · 97
- Top-Down · 85
- Time Manipulation · 82
- Thriller · 81
- Drama · 76
- Atmospheric · 64
- Narrative · 62
- Sexual Content · 61
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Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 7.4k Steam reviews | Top 31% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 73% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 92% |
| Metacritic | 76/100 | Genre average 77 — top 64% of Adventure titles |
| Engagement hours | 5 h average | Top 62% for session depth among Adventure |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish - Latin America
Full audio (2)
- English
- Turkish
Reception Metrics
Steam community
73%Mostly Positive · 7.4k reviews
5.4k positive · 2.0k negative
Metacritic
76/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.1/10
Curator recommendations
7.1k
Press Quotes
“as expertly crafted as a Swiss watch” 9/10 – GameSpot “a compelling bit of unconventional storytelling that could only have worked as a game” 8/10 – IGN “an engrossing experience that marries noir sensibilities and puzzle gameplay into a dense Freudian nightmare.” 4/5 – The Guardian
Release & Availability
| Release date | Aug 19, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Luis Antonio |
| Publisher | Annapurna Interactive |
| Base price | $7.49 -70% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
5h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
Achievements
12
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Content Notes
Violence, gore, blood, sexual themes.
Editions & Packages
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