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Absurdity Interactive · Published by Absurdity Interactive
Content notice: Outside of some 13+ crude language, Surreality Check may include depictions of anxiety, panic attacks and mental health which may be uncomfortable to some players.
2 user reviews — 100% positive (2 reviews) · 40 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
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Adventure, RPG · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
Help Rowan Roach uncover life's mysteries in Surreality Check, an absurdist psychological adventure where you guide him through bizarre therapy sessions with the personified Universe.
About this game
Something is wrong. You don’t know what. You need help.
Surreality Check is a narrative-focused visual novel with 3D exploration where you play as anxiety riddled cockroach extraordinaire: Rowan Roach as you try to help him feel okay with himself. To this end, you delve into a dimension of his deepest self to have therapy sessions with the Universe personified.
DISCOVER THE MEANING OF LIFE
With the help of the esteemed* and all-knowing** Dr. Universe, explore all the different possible solutions*** to Rowan Roach’s deeply unsatisfying life and career. Maybe he’d feel better through sickening universal optimism. Oh! Oh! Maybe try being BRUTALLY HONEST! Yeah! That’s never gone wrong before****?
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There’s plenty of opportunity for growth and development in this safe space from reality. From a humiliated reaper to a thirsty vampire, from the secretary to that estranged dog thing that locked itself in the closet and hasn’t come out yet. When you’re done gawking at them you might even gleam a thing or two.
YOU'RE PATHETIC
Just a reminder.
Can Rowan Roach overcome the human condition to become truly happy? Or will he be like this until he isn’t? It’s all up to you.
* Being well known does not at all correlate with efficacy
** Any attempts to pry information out of your mental health care professional is futile.
*** Solutions not guaranteed to not worsen your life.
**** It has.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
In game achivements patch
Hello! Just a small patch fixing some of the in game achivements, they should work properly now!Read full article on Community Announcements (theoneandonly75)AnnouncementsOfficial
Surreality Check is half off for the Steam Spring sale!
Some exciting news! Because we have been so happy with how the release of the game has gone, we have decided to (as a special little treat) have a 50% off sale during the spring Steam festival! If you have been thinking of picking up a copy of the game before but were unsure, now is your chance! Buy it for a friend! A loved one! A hated one! A dog! The possibilities are at least 3!Join our new discord!https://discord.gg/ujheQmYHb9Read full article on Community Announcements (theoneandonly75)AnnouncementsOfficial
Come join the Discord!
For anyone here interested, I wanted to make a quick post to note that we have a discord! If you liked Surreality Check, it's the first place to learn of any new projects we'll be working on in future. If you're a real freak (affectionately), you can also ask our writer about his worst philosophy takes, our artist about what the opposite of "extra virgin olive oil" is, or our musician (that's me!) about whether or not the walk sound proves that Roach is secretly a satyr.oh my god it's a linkThanks for reading my random outburst of public outreach!Xena(of Absurdity Interactive's music fame)Read full article on Community Announcements (laminnanne)
