Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Developer Osmotic Studios
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller. From the Steam store page
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60 of 91 · most liked first"Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” ― George Orwell, 1984 and now even the Refs're (likely) Betting on the Game$.
unlabelledView post →Wow, I woke up to a ton of new followers! Great to meet y'all! 😊 I'm Daniel, CEO and Game Director at Osmotic Studios. We made the digital surveillance games "Orwell" and most recently the life-sim "Closer the Distance". I'd be happy if you checked them out! store.steampowered.com/app/1991300/...
unlabelledView post →#originstory drinking game. Whisky every time Liberalism, George Orwell are mentioned, or Churchill is spoken about unfavourably. or WWII splits an episode in half. Will my kidneys survive? @iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →I want an FPS video game where you play as George Orwell but you get to win the Spanish Civil War by shooting all the Falangists, level after level after level.
unlabelledView post →For anyone who doesn't get this: I really recommend playing a narrative game called Orwell. In Orwell, you play as a government agent tasked with cross checking social media presence to find vague traces to incriminate people. It REALLY drives home how easy it is to learn about you in public
unlabelledView post →Hey all. I'm trying to be more active on here now that so many people have moved over from Twitter. Welcome! 🙂 I'm Daniel, Co-Founder and Game Director of Osmotic Studios. We made two "Orwell" games as well as "Closer the Distance": store.steampowered.com/app/1991300/...
unlabelledView post →“It reminded me of the quote that is often attribute to George Orwell that states, 'Keep out of the black and in the red; nothing in this game for two in a bed.'”
unlabelledView post →The fact that Elon Musk wore a fucking Orwell shirt is just so…he’s fifty years old and he dresses like a Game Stop employee, but clearly doesn’t understand any of the pieces of media he purports to love. Not any of it. But they’re so central to his personality. Okay.
unlabelledView post →Here's some indie games I like! Orwell - social media-ish investigation, choice and consequence game Oxenfree - atmospheric creepy game with a unique story Turnip Boy - ITS SO FUNNY JUST PLAY IT Death's Door - it could be a good intro to soulslike games, it's not too difficult!
unlabelledView post →The hilarious thing about that Orwell quote is that these chuds think they're playing some innovative, never before thought of game of information warfare and we're all like, "Bro, we read books. We know what you're doing."
unlabelledView post →The Roottrees Are Dead's gameplay feels like Obra Dinn meets Orwell. Piecing together the family tree was a fun bit of detective work. And the new game plus basically opens another unique chapter to play!
unlabelledView post →"Orwellian" gets overused a lot, but what you're calling a game of deranged improv is one of the features of Stalinism that Orwell was honing in on when fictionalizing it in 1984. The current GOP feels downright Soviet an awful lot, and this is one of the ways it does so.
unlabelledView post →This is Orwell. The hero of my game MKC. His a Mutant Karate Canary. He fights crime and will do anything for his friends. #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev #indiegamedev
unlabelledView post →I'm sorry... '...𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱' Sorry Orwell. All I can think of now is an opportunity for #FarmyardRap as a hashtag game
unlabelledView post →Obvs this is a fake quote but one thing I thought about at the far right conference in Brussels - where an Orwell drinking game would have made me pissed after the first panel - is HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, ANYONE?
unlabelledView post →"The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory" This is something George Orwell WOULD NEVER CONCEIVE or write in "Animal Farm"
unlabelledView post →Hubs just asked if I was in the middle of anything, and I replied, "Just my twenty minutes of hate." He reminded me that it was TWO minutes of hate in 1984, and I guess I've upped the game. Orwell would be proud/dismayed.
unlabelledView post →WTF is all this shit about dominating the western hemisphere lately? JFC!! Are they really hellbent on creating Oceania from 1984? I'm guessing Orwell is rolling over in his grave. 1984 was intended to be a cautionary tale, not a game plan.
unlabelledView post →Explain your username The account name came from my dad, it’s a name from one of his favourite books, 1984 by George Orwell (73 is from his birth year). When I discovered Minecraft around 2012, we used it as my name in the game, and from there I basically inherited it from him
unlabelledView post →1984 feels like it should be required reading before spending a summer in the Big Brother parking lot game, no? (My personal fave from Orwell is Animal Farm) #bb27
unlabelledView post →Explain your @: The name came from my dad, it’s a name from one of his favourite books, 1984 by George Orwell (73 is from his birth year). When I discovered Minecraft around 2012, we used it as my name in the game, and from there I basically inherited it from him
unlabelledView post →Amazingly, it's Sexy Orwell (I was looking up a puzzle game by that name). I reckon I could do this one.
unlabelledView post →Anyways I bought 1bitheart, Emily Is Away <3 and both episodes of the Orwell game for less than $15
unlabelledView post →🚨CALLING ALL HORROR/THRILLER GAME FANS🚨 This one is for you. Karma: The Dark World is coming March 27th - inspired by Orwell and David Lynch with the vibes to match. Play as Daniel McGovern, a ROAM agent tasked with diving into the brains of others to discover truth… youtu.be/mhM9jZnk42M
unlabelledView post →mfw furry p0rn game is banned in my country, this is some 1984 George Orwell BULLSHIT
unlabelledView post →Have you played Orwell? I think that's probably the closest we'll ever see to a game that teaches people about what *actual* cybersecurity risks look like (namely, ill-advised posts on social media)
unlabelledView post →Hey Gamers! We are awed to announce DOPROS, a dark Orwell-inspired interrogation experience with a branching plot wherein you play not as a detective or officer but as a regular folk. Check out the Trailer — youtu.be/UNbVmLb0vMw Wishlist the game now — t.co/CpAlrof4NE
unlabelledView post →Their definition of victory is for "shitlibs" to be outraged, fuming, terrorized, and above all, helpless. They still have that. The actual geopolitical and economic consequences are irrelevant - it won't affect their meme game. It's PRECISELY what Orwell meant by "war is peace".
unlabelledView post →I think everybody should play the game Orwell at least once. It's incredible. Very important right now, with the massive data collection and the surveillance state. Costs a few bucks right now
unlabelledView post →Day 8 shouting out fellow #indiegames in #Steam #VisualNovelFest Today's pick: "Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You" I'm partial to a good spy video game, and in this one, you're someone who sees everything in a surveillance state. But what will you do w/that info? Discounted to $2.50 for ~2 more hours
unlabelledView post →Getting to know me through media Game: Baldur's Gate 3 Book: 1984 by George Orwell Movie: John Wick Music: Lady Gaga
unlabelledView post →Ministry of Truth: 1984 launches a new game trailer to support its playtest on February 16, 2026. 🫡Like and comment! Remember: Big Brother is watching you! youtu.be/FpA2W3fxDCk?... #orwell #1984 #indiegame
unlabelledView post →Don't forget Alex Karp and Palantir. Orwell warned of the these video game killers
unlabelledView post →Review of Orwell (the video game): "I'm not sure this depiction of a society in the early stages of authoritarianism and mass surveillance is complex or incoherent." [gets to the end]: "Ah, incoherent."
unlabelledView post →This looks like Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel vision. It’s possible there is no End Game. George Orwell was right, just 41 years off.
unlabelledView post →"Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” -George Orwell, 1984 and now even the Refs're (likely) Betting on The Game bet me?
unlabelledView post →George Orwell clearly got the idea for Animal Farm from playing this game. "Barnyard animals of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains, enclosures, milking parlours, and sheds."
unlabelledView post →For Father's Day, a personal post on how George Orwell, Clive James, Cliff Morgan, Mum and Dad made me a rugby writer… … MLR Championship Game preview to follow at the Guardian. thenationalmaul.substack.com/p/all-thats-... @bloodandmud.bsky.social @rugbybits.bsky.social @squidgerugby.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Is it the hockey game making me anxious and stressed or is it living in a George Orwell novel?
unlabelledView post →If Americans had any will, they would boycott whatever game this University plays. But sadly Orwell was right: "... football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” George Orwell, 1984
unlabelledView post →Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is on offer currently via Steam. For just £1.79 you can be "Big Brother" is this dystopian indie game. Looks great if you ask me.
unlabelledView post →The first thirty seconds makes me think this is Orwell (the game) The Movie
unlabelledView post →It's all a fucking game. Their disconnect from reality or a moral compass is on George Orwell level of insanity.
unlabelledView post →If you see this, "quote" a game with a 10/10 soundtrack Assuming OST only (sorry Fallout 76), it's probably Orwell. At least it's the only game I went back after playing and separately purchased the OST alome from Steam
unlabelledView post →#239: Orwell Another game in the growing Her Story-spawned genre where all of your interactions are via a computer terminal. This time you're doing social media snooping in a privacy nightmare world not that far from our own. I thought it had good puzzles and a good message.
unlabelledView post →It’s been a game of “Which Orwell story are we in today?” for a bit now.
unlabelledView post →Ukrainian publisher Boardova is bringing George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to the tabletop with 1984: Unperson, a dystopian board game scheduled to hit retail in November. #boardGames #georgeOrwell #ukraine #boardova https://l.d20.ninja/E5w5dk
unlabelledView post →What is the end game of this administration -civil war? This is all worse than Orwell - starting to feel more like Kafka. Canada might welcome a couple of northeastern blue states.
unlabelledView post →there's also that time he flew into an explosive mysoginistic tirade over.. I think the game was Orwell?
unlabelledView post →Sadly his brand appeals & unfortunately we’ve a media who give him a big platform. After reading George Orwell ‘Fascism & Democracy’ written in 1941, seems ‘twas ever thus. Manipulation & money making is the name of their game & truth is a dirty concept. 🤞his fans see when they’ve been fleeced.
unlabelledView post →The conversational absurdities voiced by the Trump administration remind me of the the writings of George Orwell (“war is peace”), Ludwig Wittgenstein (what language game is this?), and Paul Grice, whose maxims for effective discourse are being savaged (see effectiviology.com/principles-o...)
unlabelledView post →It reminded me of the quote that is often attributed to George Orwell that states, "Don't hate the playa, hate the game."
unlabelledView post →📢Phonopolis📢 Bon, pt-être que je vois du Orwell partout, mais ce puzzle game où les gens sont divisés en castes et surveillés en permanence par un "Grand Guide" qui leur donne des ordres via des hauts-parleurs est vraiment prometteur Dev et edit par Amanita Design Démo en ang Sortie 2026
unlabelledView post →Print inspired by the game Orwell and 1984. #printmaking #Orwell
unlabelledView post →Orwell: Damn. Girl got game!
unlabelledView post →Almost every day I think of Orwell, so wise. And he knew that any democracy was fair game for fascism.
unlabelledView post →What’s the end game? Is it crashing the markets so Oligarchs can step in when it’s low and purchase everything. Sounds very Orwell to me.
unlabelledView post →We could market this as a word game and call it Orwell - or do games have to be fun?
unlabelledView post →George Orwell really saw through the psychology of the game. The culture war is really between the wealthy and the poor.
unlabelledView post →17. Challenging and extremely beautiful art and atmosphere 18. Coral Island - Farming game with environmentalism which I liked! 19. Stray Gods - heartfelt and a musical which is unique xD also top tier voice actors 20. Orwell - social media ish investigation game
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