About This Game

Low Signal mixes a classic narrative walking-sim experience within a light metroidvania exploration structure. Thanks to the abilities you earn, you are way more agile and faster than in your typical walking-sim but observation stays crucial.

The game is a short but complete narrative experience lasting aproximatly 3 to 5 hours.

The abandonned slum setting can be eerie and stressfull at times and some themes rather dark but horror is not the main focus here.

Investigate : The Walking-Sim

Reading some documents and gathering objects is at the heart of the gameplay.

A strange Altar linked to 5 aerials is set in the slum's central hub and receives specific objects and documents that you have to find and bring back by pairs. If those items are both related to the same former inhabitant, you overturn a lock. But you still don't know what lies behind this mecanism.

Get New Skills

Some former inhabitants have left a tangible mark in the slum.

Lying on their beds let you explore little places seemingly linked to their own subconscious, often colorful and symbolic.

Overcome the short puzzle/platform challenges you find there and their fantasms materialize into usable skills (extended mobility, making objects appear/disappear and more).

Expert platform skills are not required to succeed those challenges and puzzles are accessible.

Explore the Slum with Agility

Thanks to your new abilities, you are way more agile and have more to discover.

The slum has several districts with different moods and the more abilities you have, the more access you get to new sections and secrets.

Though, there are caveats : the slum can be very cramped sometimes and threats are waiting at specific points... You can't die or shoot in this game but getting caught will have consequences.

The Story and Lore

As you progress, the story unveils further and further and environnements give you some clues. The game features textual conversations and documents to tell the story but only focus on the essential for quality over quantity purposes.

The origin of the strange Signal that brought you there is the central point of your adventure.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some assets used in the game may have been created using AI but I chose to not feature content obviously made with AI.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Low_Signal sometimes addresses adult themes in readable documents. References to prostitution or drugs are occasionally made in a restrained manner in documents or in game environment.
It is possible to see non-realistic humanoid creatures suffer or even attack them without explicit violence (no blood).
The global mood is eerie and dark but not focused on horror.