Deep dives

Every original long-form strategy guide on GameStrategists, covering ARG walkthroughs and deep analysis of popular games.

What is in this section

Every long-form guide we have published: 33 pieces across 17 first-party games. Each one is about a game we build and maintain ourselves — these are not rewrites of someone else's walkthrough.

Every guide follows the same process. We read that game's source and data files, play the puzzles through in a real browser, and take screenshots from the running build. Counts (acts, puzzles, ending conditions) are recomputed from the data rather than copied from an earlier draft. When something turns out to be wrong, the changelog at the foot of the piece records the date, the evidence and what changed.

Browse by game

• Room 404 — 7 guides
• Eye of the Abyss — 4 guides
• Tide Sound — 4 guides
• Abyss Messenger — 3 guides
• Midnight Frequency — 3 guides
• One Clear Day — 1 guide
• ERRATA — 1 guide
• Last Online — 1 guide
• Midnight Watch — 1 guide
• Buried Summer — 1 guide
• Night Shift — 1 guide
• No Such Number — 1 guide
• Renew for One Day — 1 guide
• Rust River — 1 guide
• Sunken City — 1 guide
• Unclaimed — 1 guide
• Night Haul — 1 guide

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