Indie · April 25, 2023

Amanda the Adventurer (2023)

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Having inherited their Aunt Kate’s house, Riley Park starts exploring what the reclusive woman left behind. In the attic, Riley is surprised to find a stack of VHS tapes next to an old TV set. The tapes seem to be episodes of an early 2000’s era children’s cartoon they have never seen before. Intrigued, Riley pops the first tape into the VCR. Not the highest budget production from the looks of it. It appears to have been made locally and features a little girl named Amanda and her loyal yet shy best friend, Wooly the Sheep. While the episode appears charming and simple on the surface, an uneasiness starts to settle in as Riley realizes that Amanda and Wooly seem to be communicating directly through the television set. A gnawing feeling in the back of their mind presses them to stop, but Riley is compelled to continue watching the tapes. It’s almost as if Amanda needs something, and Riley becomes fascinated with finding out what that something may be. A short yet intricate single player horror experience Animated tapes that tell an unsettling story, all under the guise of a welcoming children’s cartoon Classic, 90’s-style CGI that recalls a simpler era of animation Characters who interact directly with the viewer—a dream come true for any 90s kid...or is it a nightmare? Challenging, escape room style puzzles using clues hidden within the tapes What lies beneath the friendly and colorful facade of Amanda the Adventurer? Who left these tapes behind? Is the price you will pay worth the answers you seek?

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Horror · 467
  • First-Person · 364
  • Puzzle · 344
  • 1990's · 330
  • Old School · 323
  • Mystery · 316
  • Story Rich · 302
  • Atmospheric · 290
  • Adventure · 275
  • Interactive Fiction · 241
  • Point & Click · 241
  • 3D · 230
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 220
  • Exploration · 201
  • Dark · 197

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.4k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Indie
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 30%
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 93% for session depth among Indie

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 25, 2023
DeveloperMANGLEDmaw Games
PublisherDreadXP
Base price$3.59 -60%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksSupport · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

19

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 6.4k reviews

6.0k positive · 383 negative

Curator recommendations

5.7k

Content Notes

Blood, mild language, psychological horror

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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