Across the Grooves
Overview
Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.
SteamVery Positive (91%)
108 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
Platformswindows / mac / linux
ControllerFull support
MultiplayerNot listed
Mod supportNot specified
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About the game
- Developer
- Nova-box
- Publisher
- Nova-box
- Released
- Jun 17, 2020
Description & review sources
- Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past.
- Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.
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Across the Grooves is an interactive graphic novel, set in a magical-realism universe. Your decisions affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past.
Alice lives an uneventful life. She’s in a long term relationship, has a stable office job and a nice apartment in the center of Bordeaux. One day, Ulysse, her ex-lover, comes back into her life through an old vinyl record she receives in the mail. When she puts it for a spin on turntable, she is thrown back into her own past, forced to relive old events. When she comes back to the present, her reality has changed.
Determined to bring her life back on track, Alice packs up and embarks on a hunt across Europe, following the tracks of Ulysse while trying to uncover the origins of the record. However, her journey gradually turns into a quest of self-discovery as she explores new parallel realities each time she puts the needle in the groove.
- A hand-crafted adventure — With each playthrough, discover a novel-sized adventure and a slice of the hundreds of hand-drawn images created for the game.
- Every choice matters — Each decision you make slightly alters the personality of the main character, Alice.
- An invitation to travel — Feel the pulse of European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery, all depicted in gorgeous European comic book art style.
- Immersive and finely crafted soundtrack — The music adapts and shifts according to your choices and the mood of each scene.
- High replayability — Choose Alice’s fate and discover the outcome of your decisions through multiple story paths and endings.
- Developer
- Nova-box
- Publisher
- Nova-box
- Released
- Jun 17, 2020
Ratings & review sources
SteamVery Positive (91%)
108 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.6 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) or later
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra) or later
- Processor: 2.6 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 and later (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.6 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
Controller details
- DualShock Controller Support
- DualSense Controller Support
Gameplay & accessibility
- Keyboard Only Option
- Mouse Only Option
- Playable without Timed Input
- Touch Only Option
Audio
- Stereo Sound
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play Together
- Family Sharing
Other features
- Adjustable Text Size
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- full
- Mod support
- Not specified
Content advisory
- Across the Grooves is intended for mature audiences only. Please note that, over the course of the story, you may encounter: - Alcohol and tobacco comsumption, - Drugs references, - Non pornographic nudity and sexual references, - Non graphic violence.
Game details
- Genres
- Indie
- Developer
- Nova-box
- Publisher
- Nova-box
- Released
- Jun 17, 2020
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- linux
- Achievements
- 34
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Indie197
- Choices Matter190
- Visual Novel187
- Great Soundtrack185
- Story Rich181
- Interactive Fiction177
- Female Protagonist174
- Choose Your Own Adventure168
- Touch-Friendly161
- Narration154
- Mystery148
- Psychedelic146
- LGBTQ+143
- Surreal134
- Multiple Endings131
- Psychological119
- Hand-drawn112
- Beautiful108
- Dynamic Narration105
- Colorful102
Languages & audio
- English
- French
- Spanish - Latin America
Related editions & add-ons
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Sources, updates & publisher notice
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Publisher notice
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