Framework Zero: Terminal Panic

September 22, 2026
Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Indie
Linux PC
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You are hurtling through space aboard an industrial freighter. The crew already had their hands full with failing systems. But now there is a new threat on board. Something is hunting you. Terminal Panic is a survival-horror "interactive fiction" text adventure RPG with '80s terminal aesthetics.
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Release Date September 22, 2026
Game Modes Single player
Themes Horror
Framework Zero: Terminal Panic

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