Tacoma - Steam Game

4.1 out of 5
25 User Ratings
5 Stars
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As you go about your mission, you’ll explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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About Tacoma

About this game

Tacoma is a narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. As you go about your mission, you’ll explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

At the heart of Tacoma is the facility’s digital surveillance system, which has captured 3D recordings of pivotal moments in the crew’s life on the station. As you explore, echoes of these captured moments surround you. You’ll use your ability to rewind, fast-forward, and move through the physical space of these complex, interwoven scenes to examine events from every angle, reconstructing the multi-layered narrative as you explore.

Tacoma is the next game from the creators of Gone Home and carries on that tradition of detailed, immersive, and powerful storytelling while pulling players deeper into the narrative than ever before.

Now featuring over two hours of Developer Audio Commentary! Just start a new game with Commentary enabled, or toggle it on in the Gameplay options.

Features:

A Richly Layered Story Experience:

Six crewmembers lived and worked on space station Tacoma, forming relationships, experiencing love and loss, and facing crisis together. Discover not just what happened to these people, but what makes them who they are, through your role as an interactive investigator. The story is told through a series of fully voiced and animated interactive AR scenes, immersing you in the events on Tacoma.

A Groundbreaking Multi-Path Story System:

In each section of the station, you are surrounded by digital representations of crewmembers following their own parallel story threads that diverge, recombine, and split off again. Rewind, fast-forward and move through these scenes’ chronologies as they swirl around you. Your interactive tools allow you to discover the tightly-knotted narrative from every angle, and in every detail.

A Deeply Interactive Gameworld:

Explore Tacoma Station both physically and digitally. Unlock doors and drawers to find meaningful objects, notes, and physical artifacts, while simultaneously exploring extensive records of the crew’s digital communications and personal thoughts. Every facet of the crew’s experience on Tacoma is part of your investigation.

A Vision of the Future:

Experience life in the year 2088. Discover a rich fictional universe that depicts humanity’s expansion into low-Earth orbit and beyond. A deeply imagined speculative vision of the near future from the award-winning story team behind Gone Home and BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den.

A Compact Narrative Game:

Tacoma is estimated to take around 2 to 5 hours to complete. How deep you dig and how much detail you find is up to you. Tacoma is a non-combat, non-puzzle-focused game. The details of the story and gameworld are there for you to discover at your own pace.

Developer Commentary Mode!

Tacoma now includes over two hours of Audio Commentary from the writers, designers, programmers, artists, and more who worked to bring the world of Tacoma to life. Learn secrets about Tacoma's fictional world, insight into the game development process, and personal stories from the people behind the game.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
August 02, 2017
Developer:
Fullbright
Publisher:
Fullbright
Rating:
ACB rating of 15
ESRB rating of 17
PEGI rating of 16
Supported Languages:
English
Link:
Genres:
Exploration
Walking Simulator

Story Rich

Adventure

Casual
Themes:
Sci-fi
Space

Atmospheric

Female Protagonist

Mystery

LGBTQ+

Narrative

Short

Futuristic
Play Styles:
Singleplayer
First-Person
Features:
Steam Achievements
Full controller support

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Remote Play on TV

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
  • Processor: 1.9ghz Intel i5-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 11 GB available space

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
  • Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: OS X 10.14 or higher
  • Processor: 1.9ghz processor or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Most recent version of OS X
  • Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit OS
  • Processor: 1.6ghz Intel i5-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04
  • Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD

Critic Reviews

76

We Got This Covered

60 / 100
"Tacoma's top-notch story and presentation are arranged into an inappropriate structure that will dull the experience, even for fans of exploration games."

Polygon

70 / 100
"The story is built out of the playback mechanic, which gives birth to the subtler suggestions of what’s really going on with this station. But the playback system means there’s...

Game Informer

83 / 100
"With Tacoma’s unique take on branching narratives and a strong cast, it manages to tell an intriguing tale about mortality and relationships in the face of catastrophe. Tacoma...
Reviews provided by MetaCritic

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0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
83.82%
Easy
13.24%
Just Right
2.94%
Tough
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Relax & enjoy! 83.82%  of players consider this game to be Simple

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
3.85%
Played It
5.13%
Halfway
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Beat It
51.28%
Conquered It
39.74%
Completionist! 39.74%  of players have Conquered It

Tacoma User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 25 ratings
73% of users would recommend this.
4.1

User Ratings Breakdown

5 Stars
44%
5 Stars
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4 Stars
36%
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Recommended

GamingBro
Verified purchase
If you want a nice sci-fi story with some good characters to get attached to, this is the game for you. It wasn't very long (I beat it in nearly 4 hours), but the plot was quite engaging and the writing does a great job with connecting you to the characters as you explore the abandoned station. I would recommend you buy this on sale, since I definitely don't think this is the kind of game that justifies buying at full price.
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Recommended

Lynn
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It's a decent game, but super short and the ending is a bit boring.
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Recommended

K
Verified purchase
A great modern walking simulator with an interesting story and great worldbuilding. (Don't expect any gameplay other than walking and interacting with background objects though.) It is a bit short (3 hours or less), so wait for a discount.
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Recommended

Colin
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I love this game enough that I bought it again so I could play it on my Steam Deck.
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Recommended

Kato
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Tacoma is a lightly interactive game about a tech learning what happened on a space station after a disaster. It is presented as a series of saved, 3d recordings placed around the ship and the gameplay consists of watching through them, learning about the members of the crew, and learning about the cause and resolution of the disaster. I like Tacoma more than Gone Home. The story is well told and the framing makes more sense to me. The gameplay elements are interesting and work well, but don't add a ton to the experience. Fast playthrough with an interesting story to tell. If you like Fullbright's other work, you will probably like this as well!
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Recommended

cnem
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Tacoma is an engaging game where you play as Amy Ferrier, assigned to retrieve data from a deserted space station. The game cleverly uses augmented reality to reveal the crew's past and their compelling stories. With its attention to detail, immersive atmosphere, and thought-provoking narrative, Tacoma provides a truly enjoyable gaming experience.
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Good visuals. But, quite short.

Fanatical User
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This is a short interactive story. This shortness is the major problem here. I could not relate to the story or any of the characters because there was no build up to any of them. Everything felt rushed and all over the place. The visuals and music are very nice. I liked the environment and overall set-up pretty much. The voice work is also excellent. However, they, in my opinion, fail to capitalise on these strong points. On the technical side, I also felt there was an optimisation issue. I've encountered a few visual stutters here and there (nothing major, though). If you just want to explore the environment, then maybe get this if it's available in any bundle. My verdict: 5/10
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Short but sweet

Flo
Verified purchase
Love the story, it's pretty sure, but I guess that can be seen as something good too! Especially recommended, if you can get it at a discounted price tag.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Relax and Enjoy! 97% of GameFAQs users said Tacoma is Simple or Easy.
According to ESRB, Tacoma is suitable for players aged 17 and above.
Yes, Tacoma is Steam Deck Verified.
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
  • Processor: 1.9ghz Intel i5-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 or higher, 64-bit
  • Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: OS X 10.14 or higher
  • Processor: 1.9ghz processor or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Most recent version of OS X
  • Processor: 2.9ghz Intel i7-equivalent processor or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics accelerator with 2GB+ of dedicated video RAM
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Runs best installed on a SSD
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 4 hours.
63% of critics on Metacritic recommend Tacoma. The Metascore is 76 out of 100.
73% of Fanatical users recommend Tacoma. The average review score is 4.1/5
Tacoma was released on August 02, 2017
Yes, Tacoma supports MacOS.
Yes, Tacoma supports Linux.
Tacoma is published by Fullbright
Tacoma was developed by Fullbright
Fanatical users tagged Tacoma as Exploration, Walking Simulator, Story Rich, and Adventure
Fanatical users tagged Tacoma as Sci-fi, Space, Atmospheric, and Female Protagonist
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Tacoma as Exploration
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Tacoma as Walking Simulator
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Tacoma as Story Rich

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