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Games like The Waiting Room

Looking for games like The Waiting Room? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Until Then, DISTRAINT 2 or Swann's Song.

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  1. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 10,186 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 15 reviews

    A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Until Then.

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  2. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    96% User Score Based on 1,070 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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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swann's Song.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, atmosphere
    95% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    EVERY WINTER GIVES WAY TO SPRING. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THIS IS A PASSIVE EVENT: SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NATURALLY THANKS TO THE POSITIONS OF HEMISPHERES AND STARS.BUT I KNOW THE REASON WHY WINTER ENDS. I KNOW BECAUSE THE WIND TOLD ME. At Winter's End is a cozy narrative dice-rolling RPG about 12-year-old Noel growing up in the forest of spirits. Explore the forest and complete quests while rolling dic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to At Winter's End.

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  5. Every Hue of You sees Twyla struggle to take over her late mother's famed jewellery shop. One fortunate night, Twyla discovers she is a conduit - allowing her to take on the emotional energy of others, and transfer it. Suddenly, Twyla is enchanting jewellery with her customers' emotions, helping them create the perfect sentimental gifts for their loved ones! Delve into deep conversation with mem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Every Hue of You.

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  6. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 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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  7. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 161 reviews

    Bottle: Pilgrim is a story of loss, regret and redemption, which reminds us that while we cannot change the things we have done, we can always learn from our mistakes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bottle: Pilgrim.

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  8. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 900 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 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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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 244 reviews

    Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heal.

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  10. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    You wake up by the side of the road with a headache and a stranger's jacket. You don’t recognise it. You don’t recognise the man whose ID you find in the pocket, either.  So why does an older version of you stare back when you turn on his phone? ...And why is she smiling beside him? Unquiet Grey is a visual novel about love and grief. It features: An emotional love story wrapped … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unquiet Grey.

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  11. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 228 reviews

    This is a casual strategy game - Shades of SakuraThe player will have a fascinating journey through ancient Japan, the game has 4 Main Heroines, wonderful mechanics and an interesting plot. The player needs to draw lines and connect the balls together. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shades of Sakura.

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  12. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    78% User Score Based on 515 reviews

    This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing to someone who has lost their hopes and dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adolescent Santa Claus.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    82% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    Do you have what it takes to join the Royal Academy of Magi in a new Highschool Romance story. After attempting a dark ritual which increases innate magical ability, but transforms your body. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magi Trials.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 112 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 8 reviews

    Stay is a nail-biting tale of abduction and isolation, where every single second counts. A pixel-art adventure game with multiple routes and endings, your computer is tethered to a PC inside an abandoned house... where an abducted man finds himself trapped and in desperate need of help. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAY.

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  15. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 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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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    96% User Score Based on 1,824 reviews

    Leap of Faith is a Visual Novel story about bonding through friendship and romance, and the journey through life in early adulthood. It keeps a comedic tone, while still at times addressing serious issues that arise along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leap of Faith.

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  17. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,896 reviews

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That Dragon, Cancer.

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  18. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    97% User Score Based on 784 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

    Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places. Speed Dating for Ghosts is a weird dating sim made by a former BioWare dev and his indie rapper friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Speed Dating for Ghosts.

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  19. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 6,330 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 3 reviews

    The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Campfire.

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  20. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 81 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 12 reviews

    Enter and explore memories from long ago. Relive moments frozen in time.Hindsight is a narrative exploration game spanning the entirety of a woman’s life, from birth to present day, as she tries to make sense of it all. Revisit her childhood home, sort through personal belongings, and step through windows to memories frozen in time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hindsight.

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  21. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    53% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    Do you remember that high school crush you never confessed your love to? Do you ever wonder what could have been if things had gone different back then? This short Visual Novel/Dating Sim explores those questions that we constantly ask ourselves. It’s about star crossed lovers, missed opportunities and taking chances to find true and ever lasting love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Last Chance.

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  22. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 44 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

    Chuusotsu is a fun, colorful story of three girls brought by their individual circumstances to live under the same roof and being forced to tackle existential questions to win their place in society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    93% User Score Based on 999 reviews

    Memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to memories.

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  24. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    97% User Score Based on 159 reviews

    Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Know by heart.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    75% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Do you feel good where you are? Some people do, some don't even if they have everything in the world. Does love fix that sort of feeling, even if such feelings feel so hard to grasp and such love could be toxic to yourself? What is a loving muse to the artist who paints them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Artist.

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  26. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    My New Memories: The Beginning tells you the story of My New Memories before you reunited with Anna and started a family. Find out how the MC turned out to be the man you know from the main game - The loving and caring husband and the protective and wonderful father! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My New Memories: The Beginning.

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  27. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    81% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    Move The Chains is a choice-driven adult visual novel that puts you into the shoes of a hot-button athlete who finds himself being given a second chance after spending a year behind bars. The road to redemption is a long one, but it's packed with girls, love, drama, and of course, sex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Move The Chains - Season 1.

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  28. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    In My Friend's Family, you can have a happy ending (Romance Ending or Netori Ending), a neutral ending (Netorase Ending) or a sad ending (Netorare Ending) depending on how you play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Friend's Family (Captain Kitty).

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 162 reviews

    It’s the first day of summer camp and adventures await!  Adventure at your own pace and soak in the lush world of Camp Pals, brimming with wildlife, stunning vistas, and charming characters.  Explore the scenic grounds and meet the other campers, each bursting with personality. Uncover your new friends’ lovable quirks as you spend time with them. Collect new symbols for your commun… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Find Your Words.

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  30. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decollate Decoration.

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  32. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    Afterlove EP is a slice-of-life adventure about love, loss and music. Explore modern Jakarta as Rama in his journey to learn about himself, create music, find love and come to terms with the loss of his girlfriend Cinta, whose voice still lives on in his head. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterlove EP.

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  33. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    95% User Score Based on 75 reviews

    Play as Shido and unravel the secrets of the mysterious spirit Ren in the visual novel follow-up to Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation, based on the acclaimed light novel and anime series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Date A Live: Ren Dystopia.

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  34. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 131 reviews

    Some houses aren’t just homes. They’re shaped by the experiences of their inhabitants, both good and bad. Through love and anger, happiness and despair, some houses become… more. The Cunningham House, formerly home to generations of the family, is one such house, and something is very wrong inside. With most of her family having abandoned the charming home in small-town Oklahoma, Joni Evers mus… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Haunting of Joni Evers.

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  35. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    99% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    A surreal, coming-of-age visual novel set in early 2010s Central Florida, "Siren's Call" is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside of you knows that this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Hint of Purple.

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  37. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Frost and Flowers.

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  38. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 88 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    What if you could create your own constellations? A love story about Asian American identity, mental health, and stargazing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Space in Between.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 5,690 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 8 reviews

    A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rakuen.

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  40. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 779 reviews

    Yan is a student of natural history. He met a cute and mysterious girl with fox ears when he was engaged in a dull scientific research in a natural observation station. The story between him and her may be a “fortune” for every brave explorer in this magnificent era of geographical discovery…… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fox Hime Zero.

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  41. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 2,118 reviews

    A reverse-detective point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who's Lila?.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    95% User Score Based on 107 reviews

    Vessels is an atmospheric, character-driven narrative adventure game. Players assume the role of crewmember quarantined in the airlock of their ship with no memory of how they got there, and with crewmates who refuse to let you out. Players can posses other crew members to explore the ship and find a way to free yourself, where different choices can lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vessels.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 1,078 reviews

    Tree tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TREE.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,387 reviews

    "Love Ribbon" is a yuri (girl x girl) visual novel about forbidden love between two sisters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Ribbon.

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  47. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 2,364 reviews

    Out of money and out of luck you find yourself heart broken and on the verge of collapse. Your landlord's taken the key back, you can't finish your manuscript, and your beloved is marrying someone else. With no choice but to handle whatever life throws at you, you set out on the open road on a mission to win back the love of your life. The story from there is up to you. Can your life be salvaged, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to null.

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  48. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    74% User Score Based on 177 reviews

    This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by the people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began. Old memories have been awoken by the tragedy that began this summer, People are being forced to face the difference between illusion and reality. These people sometimes escape their daily lives in dreams of the ruin and rebirth, Only… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS.

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  50. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    99% User Score Based on 4,276 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Space for the Unbound.

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