Games like Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
Looking for games like Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow? Here are top action recommendations with a anime focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Leila, If Found... or Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It.
- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability85% User Score 182 reviewsCritic Score 75%1 reviews
A story-driven experience with puzzles about a middle-aged woman trying to make peace with herself. Join her in this dive to her mind and travel through memories and traumas. The unique 2d art style, meticulous sound design and hand-drawn animations bring her to life If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leila.
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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability95% User Score 1,532 reviewsCritic Score 60%2 reviews
If Found… is an interactive visual novel from Dreamfeel about searching for connection. Find out who you really are. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to If Found....
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- 98%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization98% User Score 5,324 reviews
STORYUSSR, 1986. When Ira Grachevskaya goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, not a soul seems to be concerned – except for the quiet outcast Asya Shubina, that is. Uncover the mystery behind Ira’s disappearance, transmit your radio signal to the universe and learn why a bird flies past the window. CHARACTERSMeet the cast. A problem child and a truant, Ira doesn't have the best reputati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability96% User Score 11,075 reviews
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A romance/horror story about life, death, and memes. A shift in perspective can change everything. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Missed Messages.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development96% User Score 1,070 reviewsCritic Score 71%3 reviews
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. Distraint 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DISTRAINT 2.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, music97% User Score 213 reviews
Set Yourself on Fire is a linear visual novel about decay and inconsequential love. Soundtrack by Denhop, Saliclaire, Woebegone, Jason Calhoun, Kirishemma and Lone Mesa. ᴼ⁻ᴼ ♡ `-´ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Set Yourself on Fire.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability95% User Score 544 reviews
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring a hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art developed by award-winning Finnish solo developer Jesse Makkonen (DISTRAINT -series, Afterdream, Heal). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Without a Dawn.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding93% User Score 1,270 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding86% User Score 438 reviews
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world - being a teenager. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lynne.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay91% User Score 162 reviews
Fear and illness spreads through the city. You try to search for comfort in the people being isolated around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you? You play as Trond, a self-reliant loner who's forced into quarantine for the next two weeks after making it out of Italy's lockdown. Stuck at home you meet other lonesome souls, isolated in th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pandemic Love.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization96% User Score 928 reviews
You are running through a forest. It is late at night and the sky is as black as pitch. The trees which surround you, jutting out of the earth like eerie monuments to a foreign god, are blotting out most of the moonlight. You do not know where you are going. You have no map; no route; no plan. You have no desire, as you run, save to escape. You cannot let yourself be caught. All you can do … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It gets so lonely here.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding96% User Score 268 reviews
A story of loneliness, mental health, and self-pity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life Tastes Like Cardboard.
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability93% User Score 4,698 reviews
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything... By author Remigiusz Michalski (Harvester Games) this suspenseful psychological horror game features stylized artwork, a simple keyboard control method and English voic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cat Lady.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization96% User Score 1,112 reviews
It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to and Roger.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics91% User Score 57 reviews
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bad Faith.
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- 79%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability83% User Score 924 reviewsCritic Score 74%18 reviews
A mystery adventure that merges puzzles with visual novel elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evan's Remains.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding99% User Score 903 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews
A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986 is a visual novel game. Follow the story of Michelle and Sam, and how their chance meeting evolves into a deeper romantic relationship. A Summer’s End is a romance story between two women. Set in vibrant Hong Kong in the year 1986, it is an original story about love, family, and culture. Inspired by Hong Kong cinema, 80s anime, and city pop, A Summer’s End - Hong K… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Summer's End: Hong Kong 1986.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding92% User Score 886 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviews
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding92% User Score 900 reviewsCritic Score 73%4 reviews
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Comes After.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere98% User Score 266 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Welcome to Elk is a biographical adventure set on an island like no other, where every character you encounter has a story to tell. From the weird and wonderful to the dark and desperate, all the tales told on Elk are based on true stories of life on the road less traveled. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Elk.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability90% User Score 813 reviews
Lorelai, a brand new emotional horror ride from the maker of The Cat Lady and Downfall, tells a coming of age story of a young girl trying to escape the hell of her toxic family home. But adulthood is like waking up from a long dream. There will be times you will wish you were asleep again... But you can never go back to the same dream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lorelai.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding91% User Score 579 reviews
A free game created by Ebi-Hime, author of Asphyxia, The Way We ALL GO, and Strawberry Vinegar. TSSofEB is a free yuri (girls' love) game created for a game jam. As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding97% User Score 114 reviews
VTuber Connect is a love letter to VTubers as a medium. One that hides nothing, but embraces everything. Whether you’re a VTuber or a viewer, we all form connections in our own way. How will you connect? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VTuber Connect.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding95% User Score 926 reviews
Reflexia's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reflexia Prototype ver..
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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding73% User Score 250 reviews
In a small inn located in the snowy Japanese mountains, an unlikely relationship blossoms between a once-popular poet and the daughter of the inn's proprietress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Days of Snow.
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- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding70% User Score 277 reviews
"Same encounter, different world." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Room of Depression.
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- 69%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability74% User Score 463 reviewsCritic Score 57%3 reviews
Actual Sunlight is a short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation. The game puts you in the role of Evan Winter, a young professional in Toronto, as he moves through three distinct periods of his life. The story is linear, unavoidable and (hopefully) thought-provoking. You experience his perceptions, fall under the consequences of his decisions, and meet everyone who didn’t … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Actual Sunlight.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding96% User Score 3,318 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviews
Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detention.
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- 92%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability92% User Score 1,980 reviews
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Will (Not) Remain.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization97% User Score 795 reviews
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly uplifting story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wednesdays.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:emotional, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay96% User Score 121 reviews
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everything Ends In 0.
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- 98%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, character development98% User Score 574 reviews
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey. Hope Left Me is a post-noir visual novel released as a tie-in to the album of the same name by Astrophysics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOPE LEFT ME.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability92% User Score 434 reviewsCritic Score 69%8 reviews
A story-focused adventure game about a little girl in the world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lydia.
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- 76%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability84% User Score 3,779 reviewsCritic Score 69%11 reviews
From the creator of To the Moon: A simple, wordless 1-hour short about a boy who found an injured bird, told through a blur between reality and imagination. A Bird Story is an interactive pixel animation with the sole purpose of telling a simple story. It is a standalone narrative, with its own beginning and ending. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Bird Story.
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- 92%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development92% User Score 148 reviews
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Witch.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability92% User Score 827 reviewsCritic Score 78%12 reviews
Shady Part of Me is a narrative puzzle game. It tells the story of a little girl, frightened by the light, and her shadow. Together, they try to get out of the dreamlike world in which they are locked. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shady Part of Me.
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- 88%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability93% User Score 1,060 reviewsCritic Score 75%3 reviews
This is a restaurant in heaven. Please ask the bear and cat for your last meal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bear's Restaurant.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability96% User Score 1,799 reviews
A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that explores the stories of four different characters in a masked ball taking place on a train in the late 1920s. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers.
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- 77%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability87% User Score 2,618 reviewsCritic Score 64%7 reviews
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nihilumbra.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay97% User Score 194 reviewsCritic Score 83%2 reviews
Mamiya is a captivating, dark visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAMIYA.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay96% User Score 233 reviews
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late one night, where she meets an enchanting raven-haired femme fatale - but all is not as it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Her Love, Like Poison.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization81% User Score 227 reviews
A cinematic thriller told through the classic perspective of point & click adventure games. The Night is Grey is about modern storytelling fused together with hand-drawn animated characters, fully animated backgrounds and an original studio recorded music score. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Night is Grey.
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- 82%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability90% User Score 1,160 reviewsCritic Score 75%20 reviews
Why did Emily go missing? What is going on in this world? Why does she suddenly have these strange abilities? A profound story of regeneration and self-discovery. This is a title by Swery, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay85% User Score 230 reviews
While attending a religious recollection, Holly Beltran experiences strange hauntings throughout the convent. At night, broken faced statues and whispered prayers haunt Holly’s dreams — before the recollection is over, Holly may have to face more than her own demons to come out alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saint Maker.
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- 92%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding94% User Score 4,336 reviewsCritic Score 85%2 reviews
Florence is the story of the highs and lows of a young woman’s very first love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Florence.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding95% User Score 182 reviews
Siren’s Call is the first "friendship simulator" where your friends can actually fight back. Make these last moments you have with them count. Say the right things...because they won't accept anything less than your absolute best. Will you reach escape velocity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren's Call.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding89% User Score 2,498 reviewsCritic Score 71%7 reviews
A game in which you explore the intimacy of someone whose phone you've found. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Normal Lost Phone.
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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability72% User Score 338 reviewsCritic Score 70%4 reviews
Richard & Alice is a riveting mystery story about family, desperation and the weather – all set to the beat of an indie adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Richard & Alice.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding94% User Score 906 reviews
Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voices from the Sea.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability95% User Score 466 reviewsCritic Score 74%4 reviews
Lost Words is a 2D narrative adventure game where players move words to solve puzzles. The game features a story written by Rhianna Pratchett and ties the narrative into the gameplay in an unusual way, by having the player running on and interacting with words to solve puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Words: Beyond the Page.
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