Mediterranea Inferno
Play it on: Windows (Steam Deck OK), macOS
Current goal: Get existential
Buy it from: Steam
Mediterranea Inferno, an adventure game starring three queer italian twinks, is one of the most immediately compelling games I’ve played in 2023. I’m playing it as part of my indie catch-up marathon I’m working through as we near GOTY talks, and what starts as three friends reconvening after covid lockdown has immediately taken dark turns in its first hour. It has me by the throat. The game is already exploring the vapid, performative excess of some queer spaces. While my initial knee-jerk reaction was to find its protagonists grating for all that vapidity, as it peels back the existential layers as I explore the Italian town they’re vacationing in, it’s reminding me that there is more than meets the eye to everyone you meet. — Kenneth Shepard
