Paying homage to a multitude of classic science-fiction films, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as video games, with puzzle-solving in the vein of Portal, The Turing Test drops players into a familiar yet nonetheless intriguing situation.
Awoken from cryostasis aboard a space station, you play as Eva, an astronaut on a mission to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. Tom, the station's AI, informs you that contact has been lost with your crewmates on the surface and you're sent down to investigate.
Therein lies the foundation of a mystery, which only deepens upon you entering the base on the moon and discovering that the layouts of the rooms have been turned into Turing Tests. Why this was undertaken and by whom remain ever-present questions in the back of your mind as you endeavour to progress through each section of the base.
Conversations with Tom, while enlightening, more often than not result in you having more questions than answers. Suspicious circumstances breed paranoid thoughts after all, and as you learn about the crew's fate through recordings and journals littered throughout the station the atmosphere of dread thickens.
While certainly not on the same level as The Talos Principle, some of the puzzles force you to adopt lateral thinking as you experiment with potential solutions. Overall, they're a satisfying collection worthy of being the central gameplay mechanic adjacent to a thought-provoking and ever more relevant narrative.
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