Alone: Recode

Alone: Recode is a role-playing game about a character dragged into a house in the middle of nowhere. The last few hours or days are a blur, and someone who refuses to show their face will not answer your questions. You set out to find your friends, while choosing how much of the story to pursue and how to engage with the characters you meet.

Explore the environments

There are no maps or overworld. The way forward may be hidden, blocked or lead back the way you came, so you explore numerous environments and work your way through them. Much of the story is optional, and you can complete many parts in or out of order, without speaking to the characters you encounter.

Develop your party

Characters do not acquire skills naturally. Instead, they earn points from levels to spend in two unique skill books for each character. You can reset skills at the pub, and weapons grant special abilities. Gear can also be upgraded in several ways to support your preferred strategies.

Turn-based combat

Combat focuses on challenging bosses, recognizing enemy patterns and choosing the order of your actions. Potions can restore substantial health, but that health is lost again over time. The ACCEL system lets you manipulate turn order: spells, items and actions have an ACCEL value that brings a character's next turn forward by that amount. Enemies target the strongest party member and try to disrupt your plans.