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Kraken Academy is a narrative adventure where it's your first day at high school. No ordinary high school though, it's a melting pot of wacky personalities and fantasy goings-on: ghosts fill the art department, cultists meet below the monkey bars and now crocodiles are eating children. You are soon embroiled with uncovering a plot to end the world, with the help of a magical Kraken that grants you the power to go back in time. It's a novel time-loop adventure where each loop you edge closer to solving the mystery.

Unfortunately, Kraken Academy is not available on Android, Mac, PS4, PS5 or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Kraken Academy

Game Details

Release Date: 10/09/2021, updated in 2023

Price: 60% off

Out Now: PC, Switch and Xbox One

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Communication, Point-and-Click (Adventure and Narrative)

Accessibility: 24 features

Components: 2D Overhead, Day and Night and Pixels

Developer: Happy Brocc Games (@HappyBroccGames)

Costs: Purchase cost

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7 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Kraken Academy

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