Conarium: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Conarium (2017) is a puzzle, adventure, indie video game developed by Zoetrope Interactive, available on PS4, Linux, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 69/100 on IGDB.

What is Conarium about?

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

You, as Frank Gilman, open your eyes inside a room filled with strange, pulsating noises. Patterns of lights executing a Danse Macabre on the walls is presented by a queer device on the table. Having recalled nothing other than that you’re in Upuaut, an Antarctic base located near south pole, you find the place deserted and have a distinct feeling of something being terribly wrong. Somehow knowing that your memories cannot guide you enforces a strange feeling of vulnerability, a familiar yet alien sensation of being a part of a peculiar whole... Soon you will discover that having used t

Key details

Conarium was released in 2017 and supports single player. Platforms: PS4, Linux, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch. Developer: Zoetrope Interactive.

Should you play Conarium?

Reviews are mixed, but Conarium retains a dedicated player base among puzzle, adventure, indie fans.