{"id":69026,"date":"2026-07-01T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=69026"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:29:43","slug":"schrodingers-call-becomes-a-must-play-title-on-metacritic-after-climbing-to-a-metascore-of-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/schrodingers-call-becomes-a-must-play-title-on-metacritic-after-climbing-to-a-metascore-of-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call becomes a &#8220;Must Play\u201d title on Metacritic after climbing to a Metascore of 90"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publisher Shueisha Games and developer Acrobatic Chirimenjako launched their mystery visual novel\u00a0<strong>Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call<\/strong>\u00a0on May 28 for Steam and Nintendo Switch.\u00a0Earning praise from both players and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/schrodingers-call-earns-high-praise-from-the-house-in-fata-morganas-creator-a-one-of-a-kind-visual-novel-where-everything-comes-together-so-seamlessly-you-wonder-just-how-much-of-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fellow visual novel developers<\/a>, the game debuted with a Very Positive rating on Steam, while its \u201cRecent Reviews\u201d score is at Overwhelmingly Positive at the time of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 15 official PC port reviews published throughout the past month, Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call&nbsp;has reached a Metascore of 90, earning itself a Metacritic Must-Play badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf89&quot;Ladies and gentlemen! It&#39;s me\u2014Chekhoh the Great! Massive thanks to all you folks in the audience! Check this\u2014Schr\u00f6dinger&#39;s Call just bagged that &#39;MUST-PLAY&#39; badge on Metacritic! A special honor for scores of 90+ with 15+ reviews! Thank you! Now, go on and share it!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfOCedvUyT\">pic.twitter.com\/cfOCedvUyT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Seishi\uff5cSchr\u00f6dinger&#39;s Call (@seishi_acr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seishi_acr\/status\/2072120931968004495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expressed in a lush picture-book-like art style, Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call follows the story of the amnesiac girl Mary, who wakes up in a strange room with only a rotary dial phone by her side. As the so-called \u201cWorld\u2019s Last Confidant,\u201d she is tasked with listening to the stories of the voices on the other end of the line. With only twenty-two nanoseconds until the end of the world, Mary will listen to characters trapped between life and death, takes record of their lingering regrets and tries to make sense of their stories piece by piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260701-690260001.jpg\" alt=\"Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call\" class=\"wp-image-69030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260701-690260001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260701-690260001-380x214.jpg 380w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most recent critic and player reviews across Metacritic and Steam praise the game\u2019s simple premise and emotional storytelling, with a lot of emphasis put on the art and sound direction of the game. And it is no secret that Acrobatic Chirimenjako put a lot of work into making the game feel cohesive and tying together the narrative, visuals and music. In one of our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/schrodingers-call-earns-high-praise-from-the-house-in-fata-morganas-creator-a-one-of-a-kind-visual-novel-where-everything-comes-together-so-seamlessly-you-wonder-just-how-much-of-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interviews<\/a>, the title\u2019s producer at Shueisha games explained that, rather than dividing responsibilities, the three members of the development team worked together on all aspects of the game in parallel over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve repeated that process an extraordinary number of times. I think that\u2019s why the game\u2019s presentation is so detailed down to every single second,\u201d he commented. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call is out now for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2090390\/Schrdingers_Call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and Nintendo Switch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One month after its release, Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call reached a Metascore of 90, earning it the title of a &#8220;Must Play&#8221; game on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":69028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-01T05:30:46+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpkrz6tlfc2h","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpkrz6tlfc2h\",\"cid\":\"bafyreif4ivbwj6c5z3fzcivkkta443irpy2d34reiatsyh2xp6on452ecu\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreia6e5j2ej5cswd3rs3etfdo6nmx6orf2st7fs2avtfwx4bpkkkjau\",\"rev\":\"3mpkrz6tw522h\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-69026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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