Tron:
Identity

Tron: Identity (2023) is a narrative puzzle game where you investigate an explosion in your digital world. By talking to the characters you meet and making difficult choices, you attempt to uncover the truth and the meaning of your existence. It stands out not only as an expansion of the popular franchise but also for the way the world and characters adapt and react to your choices.

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Set thirteen years after Tron: Legacy, the game takes place in a backup Grid, a digital world where sentient programs carry out tasks for humans. You play Query, who's tasked with investigating an explosion at a building in line with his function of seeking the truth. You talk to the different programs you meet, some of whom have started to rebel against their original purpose, to try and understand what happened, but end up testing your own philosophy as much as anyone else.

Play is almost entirely text-based and involves reading conversations between yourself and other programs, making dialogue choices that impact the story. Depending on how you present yourself and what you say, the people you talk to can be allies or opponents, and part of the fun is figuring out how to navigate the maze of interconnected decisions and consequences. Alongside this, you occasionally complete a minigame puzzle where you need to match icons to restore programs' memory.

The result is a game that expands the popular Tron series with a new story full of meaningful choices and a surprisingly introspective story. While one playthrough gives a satisfying narrative, the real fun comes from repeating the game to see where the story goes when you make different decisions.

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Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Tron: Identity 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.