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BackfireWall

It is a first-person tragicomic narrative adventure game that’s set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant – solve puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion.

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Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!

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Very Positive

3 Steam reviews

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Steam User 6114STEAMRecommended

É bem viajado kkk mas valeu a pena passar umas horinhas tentando fugir de uma atualização do celular. Pena que durante 2 fazes estava agarrando tanto, quedas terriveis de fps, muito sttutering a ponto de não conseguir acompanhar as falas dos personagens. Daí nem tentei mais platinar e passsei logo as fazes sem pegar todos colecionaveis. Mas valeu a pena jogar.

Mar 6, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 0438STEAMRecommended

A lovely puzzle-adventure game with charming presentation.
The style either works for you or it doesn't, and oh boy I sure adore these little processes

None of the puzzles were anything remotely hard but they were engaging enough. And I'd say that the set of game mechanics available to the player was enough to create several small but memorable fun interactions with the world, [spoiler] like coloring mechanic giving you ways to help (or not) several characters [/spoiler].

The narrative was in okay-to-good territory, greatly elevated by the voice acting and being able to piece together some of what's been going on in the game world by the epilogue part. The main downside for me is that the game does not develop many of the themes it dives into and sets the stage for: planned obsolescence, social networks and their impact, user data privacy. Navigating the human-like app world was certainly fun, but it could do so much more in terms of the story.
That being said, the game does respect your choices and you will see the results of your decisions, some by yourself, some in the credits. And the first choice given to the player being [spoiler] the most pivotal one was a fun idea. Is this false ending really the happiest one, cause the only victims are you and OS9? Will this update really extend the lifetime of the device? Gotta wonder [/spoiler].

Overall, the game was short but sweet and totally worth it, and I'd suggest you to check it out yourself!

Mar 4, 2026·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 3619STEAMRecommended

好

Mar 2, 2026·11h·Verified