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The Signifier

First release
Oct 15, 2020
Developer
Playmestudio
Publisher
Raw Fury
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Puzzle · Mystery, Science fiction, Horror, Thriller

The Signifier is a story-driven tech-noir mystery adventure. Explore the real world and enter the unconscious realms of the victim's mind. Use technology to find clues to solve puzzles, unravel layers of dialogue, and find the truth.

Also known as thesignifier.exe

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Storyline
When the vice-president of the largest tech company in the world is found dead in her apartment, you are asked to investigate her last memories to find what really happened... You are Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, and the main researcher behind an experimental deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker. Its controversial technology allows the exploration of the recorded senses and unconscious realms of the mind. In a world on the verge of an AI revolution, you will navigate through the deep and surrealistic world of human psychology and learn from its darkness. You will defy the abstract language of the unconscious where everything can be interpreted. The Signifier is a first-person tech-noir mystery adventure with a multi-layer narrative that spirals into a complex web of real world intrigue and surreal suspense... Can you find truth... in a subjective world?Read more

When the vice-president of the largest tech company in the world is found dead in her apartment, you are asked to investigate her last memories to find what really happened... You are Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, and the main researcher behind an experimental deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker. Its controversial technology allows the exploration of the recorded senses and unconscious realms of the mind. In a world on the verge of an AI revolution, you will navigate through the deep and surrealistic world of human psychology and learn from its darkness. You will defy the abstract language of the unconscious where everything can be interpreted. The Signifier is a first-person tech-noir mystery adventure with a multi-layer narrative that spirals into a complex web of real world intrigue and surreal suspense... Can you find truth... in a subjective world?

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 15, 2020
Mac
Oct 15, 2020
Age ratings
ESRB M
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
psychological thriller, investigation, psychological, dreams, memories
… All 6, tech-noir

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
  • Deutschinterface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 30 Oct 2026
Also in 4 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 30 Oct 2026