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The Book of Distance

Published by
  1. NFB / ONF
Peak —
Current #2696
Gem Peak #115

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In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.

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Dates

Released
2020-10-08
First review
2020-10-09
Age on Steam
143 days

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
73 0 (0%)
Reviews per day
0
Positive reviews
72 (98.6%)
Days in top 1000
0 (0%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
5K–9K 7,300

Pricing

Release price
Free since launch

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Interactive Fiction 212
  2. VR 206
  3. Story Rich 206
  4. Narrative 198
  5. 6DOF 190
  6. Historical 181
  7. Education 174
  8. Emotional 166
  9. Documentary 157
  10. First-Person 148
  11. 3D 138
  12. Cinematic 127
  13. Linear 124
  14. Narration 110
  15. Singleplayer 95
  16. Feature Film 79
  17. Adventure 64
  18. Colorful 62
  19. Casual 45
  20. Exploration 27

The last few tags appear darker because they do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: February 28, 2021 04:18

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