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Backbone

Backbone is a noir-themed narrative game by the developers at EggNut. As a private investigator Racoon, known as Lotor, players will travel through the neo-noir-drenched world of an alternate reality Vancouver, Canada, where they'll interact with other anthropomorphic creatures and tackle the mysteries they must solve.

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Backbone

Released
June 8, 2021
Developer(s)
EggNut
Publisher(s)
Raw Fury
Genre(s)
Narrative , RPG
ESRB
M

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