Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
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2064: Read Only Memories
Developer MidBoss, LLC.
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk adventure game developed by MidBoss and created by Matt Conn. It was directed by John "JJSignal" James, written by Valerie Amelia Thompson and Philip Jones, and features an original soundtrack by 2 Mello. It was originally released on computer platforms as Read Only Memories in October 2015, and the title was later updated coinciding with its PlayStation 4 release in January… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
307 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
141 positive · 49 negative
95% range 68–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 141 | 49 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 25 | 3 | 88 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,128 of 1,418 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 140 yes, 50 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,338 of 1,683 positive).
Players praise the game's engaging story, characters, and worldbuilding. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is more visual novel than point-and-click adventure. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the writing as preachy and characters as unlikeable. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
i really wish steam had an option for a neutral rating. the game's not bad--there's lots of stuff to like about it. the pixel art is done relatively well, the soundtrack is great to listen to, the voice acting is decent, and the game actually has linux support, which is nice when most other devs don't give a ♥♥♥♥. on the other hand, the game's writing is rather hamfisted and preachy. it certainly isn't terrible by …
- [1]
I went into this expecting a simple retro point & click. What I got was a surprisingly thoughtful cyberpunk story with strong characters and real thematic weight. Yes, gameplay-wise it’s closer to a visual novel with light point & click elements. If you’re expecting heavy puzzle design or complex mechanics, this isn’t that kind of game. It’s more about dialogue, atmosphere, and choices than mechanical challenge. But …
- [4]
This is a VISUAL NOVEL with a few mini-puzzles thrown in throughout. Do not confuse this with a point-and-click adventure game because it is ABSOLUTELY not one. Overall an enjoyable experience. The world building is completely bananas in the best possible way, and the characters are all well fleshed out and easy to care about. It's a bit slow to start with so much exposition, but once you get out of your apartment …
- [2]
This game is the very definition of a sleeper hit. The art style, music, characters, and story are all pretty phenomenal, and there's full voice acting to boot. I don't want to spoil any of the major plot points, but the gist is that your friend has gone missing, and you team up with a little robot pal to figure out what happened and why. The game clocks in at around 10 hours, and it definitely makes the best use of …
- [3]
I’ve played this game three times now. Once on my own, once with my brother, and once on stream. Each time I’ve discovered something new. Now, the cyberpunk genre is perhaps my all time favorite. I have studied and written about it for quite some time, but so often media that wants to call itself cyberpunk focuses on the wrong ideas. Often being too occupied with the (arguably intriguing) aesthetics of neon lights, …
Summarised from 34 of the 280 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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2064: Read Only Memories sits at 74% positive across 190 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally positive reviews from video game critics. The narrative, characters, and presentation were lauded while some were critical of the gameplay, puzzles, and user interface. The Escapist gave the game a 4/5 and stated "it's more like a Telltale game, Phoenix Wright, and Snatcher had some sort of millennial cyberpunk baby." In the Kotaku review, Heather Alexandra wrote, "Ultimately, Read Only Memories provides a clumsy but resonant experience. What it lacks in thematic substance or technical challenge, it makes up for in emotional content, a lush setting, and memorable characters." GamesRadar+ spoke about the inspirations from classic adventure games, concluding it's…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 307 · most liked firstNarrative Designers, do you want to work on "a multiplayer game set in The Witcher universe"? And with one of the kindest, friendliest teams I've ever met? Then this job's for you #games #gamedev #CDPR www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2064...
neutral · AI labelView post →I will be honest, I did not realize the unreleased Viewpoint 2064 even had a final version. As a fan of the original game and its various incarnations though, I can't wait to sit down with this over the holiday weekend!
neutral · AI labelView post →LIVE: Voxel Duke Nukem 3D, Lost N64 Game (Viewpoint 2064), Kirby Air Riders twitch.tv/vinesauce
neutral · AI labelView post →Drawing Wario everyday until there's a new Wario Land game day 2064. I gotta run, I slept in extra long today so I'd be awake for work!
neutral · AI labelView post →Really cute Cyberpunk adventure. The one bad thing i can say about it is that at some point in the story the Devs called Elon Musk a smart person
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Valerie Amelia Thompson was the author of Tech Support (2020), a coming-of-age superhero novel set in a cyberpunk future. She also was a lead writer on 2015 indie game 2064: Read Only Memories, which had some of the best trans rep of the 2010s.
neutral · AI labelView post →Harumi Fujita has just discovered that the ROM for the final version of Viewpoint 2064, a game for which she composed the music, is now available. She said she was paid for her work but added that the company went bankrupt (?? Neither Sammy nor Racdym went bankrupt). xcancel.com/soundfujita/...
neutral · AI labelView post →some indie game recs for the Steam Summer Sale! - KOR - Omori - I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - 2064: Read Only Memories - CrossCode - Jazzpunk - Monster Loves You! - Dex - Else Heart.Break() - The Flame In The Flood - Dave The Diver - Cassette Beasts - Spirittea
neutral · AI labelView post →i really wish steam had an option for a neutral rating. the game's not bad--there's lots of stuff to like about it. the pixel art is done relatively well, the soundtrack is great to listen to, the voice acting is decent, and the game actually has linux support, which is nice when most other devs don't give a ♥♥♥♥. on the other hand, the game's writing is rather hamfisted and preachy. it certainly isn't terrible by any means--there are lots of VNs whose ♥♥♥♥♥♥ writing has made me bury my face in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was the first game that let me use they/them pronouns. Treats identity in a wonderful way that fits the world
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Noodling around with Viewpoint 2064 now that the full thing is out there and while I'm not all that big a fan of how the game itself plays, it's another reminder of just how cool the Summercart 64 is for playing stuff like this on real hardware. One of my favorite gaming purchases this year. 😌
neutral · AI labelView post →I've just made a new fanart of an experimental ROM called Turing from the game Read Only Memories. I've never played it before, but they seem to be a cool 2064 character. #turing #2064readonlymemories #robot #robotart
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fan of Snatcher, which this game clearly takes inspiration from, I really wanted to like this game. But it tries way too hard to railroad you into situations where it can preach at you and justify the noxious behavior of its characters. No matter which pronouns you pick, you're treated as if you're a basic cishet male. This game would have benefited from making the protagonist an actual character that's kind of a loser much like Gillian Seed is portrayed as, rather than making it an insert…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started 2064: Read Only Memories tonight, and... damn I love indie games 🙏🏽❤️
positive · AI labelView post →This game is so cool, truly. The narrative and characters, the music and presentation... 2064 Read Only Memories is both fuelling me and inspiring me as a creative/game dev as well as entertaining me. I just may be in my visual novel era. They're perfect Dad games too I guess lol
positive · AI labelView post →I can vouch for this game's polish and production values. It looks and sounds real nice. But unfortunately when it comes to the department of holding interest, this game just doesn't do it for me. Shoe-horned politics aside, there's just nothing really particularly interesting about the plot. A story like this needs a better set up and more suspense. This can be achieved with more consistent tonality and better introducing the stakes. Random person gone missing and random people I need to talk…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I went into this expecting a simple retro point & click. What I got was a surprisingly thoughtful cyberpunk story with strong characters and real thematic weight. Yes, gameplay-wise it’s closer to a visual novel with light point & click elements. If you’re expecting heavy puzzle design or complex mechanics, this isn’t that kind of game. It’s more about dialogue, atmosphere, and choices than mechanical challenge. But the writing carries it. The world feels alive, the social commentary…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting setting and artistically pretty, colorful environments. Unfortunately, there's hardly any player interaction, and the few scattered puzzles are effortlessly simple. Most of the game is various NPCs expositing information, which makes it more egregious that nearly every single character in this game talks down to you. NPC attitudes range from friendly-but-arrogant "genius" characters who condescendingly recite trivia and expospeak to your character, all the way down to NPCs who…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game features a charming pixel art style, an interesting premise, and a fun robot sidekick, it is utterly ruined by the rest of the cast and storyline. Characters are unlikeable and rude to you for no apparent reason other than being in their vicinity. The narrative is okay at best and intensely preachy at worse. The game somehow manages to both insult the player in the place of the blank-slate protagonist and also the marginalized characters we are supposed to sympathize with.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The other day a full dump of the unreleased N64 game Viewpoint 2064 was uploaded to the interwebs and it’s a gem! This is definitely a very welcome addition to the N64 library as the console sorely lacks quality shmups. Check out this gameplay footage I captured and enjoy! #RetroGaming #N64 #Shmup
neutral · AI labelView post →This is pretty big! "Hard4Games" Has recently gotten their hands of Master build of the unreleased #N64 game: "Viewpoint 2064" The ROM has been dumped and can be downloaded here: archive.org/details/view... And check their video: youtu.be/jNsx4zSvo3U #retro #gaming #retrogaming #gamingnews
neutral · AI labelView post →2064: Read Only Memories is a great game. It hit the themes of a cyberpunk dystopia in a way that truly resonated with me. The game mechanics are also varied and fun. Not to mention the diverse and interesting cast of characters! Great work, @midboss.com. I'm definitely going to play the sequel! ✨
positive · AI labelView post →indie game recs! - KOR - Omori - I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - 2064: Read Only Memories - CrossCode - The Flame In The Flood - Cassette Beasts - Spirittea
neutral · AI labelView post →The reason I didn't finish the game were some of the characters. They're such unlikeable, overused tropes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is Anyone Hype for the New Mario Superstar Magicians game that's Coming Out in 2064 for the Nintendo Switch 2
neutral · AI labelView post →The grand 2064 upgrade is almost done. Once this is done we can make sure that the game can stay relevant and updated for the next 5 to 10 years. Thanks @xubiod.net 🙂↕️
neutral · AI labelView post →done some retooling of the game i'm making (and aiming to have on steam by about 2064 at this rate), and i have a vague feeling that the version of twine i'm using may no longer play nice with steamworks integration. so you might wanna pencil it in for 2074, perhaps
neutral · AI labelView post →I got berated and attacked by a militant transhumanist furry. Later, I was lectured by a woman with a beard. Peak 20-teens.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another of the many games that makes me wish for a neutral review, or at least star/score system. While I only played little over an hour, the writing has forced me to stop and abandon ROM sadly. I am not entirely against what would be called nowadays woke or liberally toxic, but the characters in this are borderline parodies, offensive at that, of whatever identity you can think of in regards of lgbt. Even worse, they seldom have anything of interest, or any real depth aside their…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2064 was the last game I promised to play on stream for yall and that means a six month long project is over. Thank you for supporting me. I wouldn’t have been able to move to Pittsburgh without you. You changed everything for me and I’m so lucky to be a part of this community.
neutral · AI labelView post →Love looking through my followers here A billion v tubers ranging from brand new guys to people who have apparently been v tubing for years Buncha Gundam and gunpla guys, including most of Freddie scum And a bunch of surprisingly successful indie game devs? Like the CEO of midboss, the 2064 guys
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the last game i played where i had my actual pronouns was 2064 Read Only Memories
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow! This had been in my library for about 8 years, and I finally ended up playing it. The story was so engaging, and I loved the music
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The strong shift from the story of ROM: 2064, a game I love deeply, makes the mixed reception to Neurodiver make a lot of sense. Folks like a continuity in play styles, especially if it's something they enjoyed a lot But change is important, especially in art, and Neurodiver is a great example
neutral · AI labelView post →A smidge late. Was going thru my games library to figure out today's Storytime Saturday- a cyberpunk narrative game sounds good, "2064 Read Only Memories" it is! (also when I opened it to set it up in OBS the menu music goes HARD. #vtuber #vsky #voiceactor #narrativegames #nonbinary #tentaclemonster
neutral · AI labelView post →Hiya everyone!!! Next week, the week coming I mean, I would like to stream again! But this time it will be something different! Would you like to see me play Steven Universe Save The Light? Or! 2064 Read Only Memories! Comment down below! We will play to completion, over a few streams✨️ Thx!😊
neutral · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a 1st short featuring 2064: Read Only Memories by Midboss LLC and Chorus Worldwide Games. This is my 3rd attempt at playing through this game, but I'm determined to finish it this time around. #2064readonlymemories #videogames #indiegames #adventuregames #shorts
neutral · AI labelView post →I had some real hiccups getting the stream running today, my game was borked for a bit. But we are live! Going to refill my water real quick and then we will get back to this cool indie game! 2064: Read Only Memories #vtuber #indiegames www.twitch.tv/millenniumra...
neutral · AI labelView post →I decided to finally knock this one off my backlog when I saw the sequel coming out. For the most part, I enjoyed my time with it. I enjoyed its characters and the world they inhabit is quite interesting to discover. There's a lot of little descriptions when you click on various items which fills out a lot of details, giving it a more lived in feel. It certainly is much more a visual novel than point and click adventure, so you won't be getting a puzzle fix here as they are few and far between.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having the strongest urge to replay 2064: Read Only Memories (@midboss.bsky.social) First time I played it back in 2018 wasn't long after I had come out as non-binary, and to see a non-binary character in a prominent role in a game was life-changing Might be fun to play again after all these years
positive · AI labelView post →This is a VISUAL NOVEL with a few mini-puzzles thrown in throughout. Do not confuse this with a point-and-click adventure game because it is ABSOLUTELY not one. Overall an enjoyable experience. The world building is completely bananas in the best possible way, and the characters are all well fleshed out and easy to care about. It's a bit slow to start with so much exposition, but once you get out of your apartment things start to flow a bit better. This game is DRIPPING in queer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a lot going for it. I liked Wilty, I liked the spoiled milk, and I liked a lot of the general themes of the game and a lot of the overall storyline. On the other hand, this game was politically charged in a way that undermined a lot of the interesting plot points in the world that they had created. I also didn't like going through the game and getting to the end and having the game glitch out so to deprive me of the single-play-through achievement the first time I attempted it.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so much more then just a visual novel, the amount of items and people you can interact with that give often extremely funny dialogue is insane and so much of it is completely optional. Plus I wasn't expecting any voice acting let alone the game being fully voiced and everyone did a fantastic job, all this combined with great characters and a pretty compelling mystery makes this one of my favorite games. Also banger ost
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the very definition of a sleeper hit. The art style, music, characters, and story are all pretty phenomenal, and there's full voice acting to boot. I don't want to spoil any of the major plot points, but the gist is that your friend has gone missing, and you team up with a little robot pal to figure out what happened and why. The game clocks in at around 10 hours, and it definitely makes the best use of your time with it. The pacing of the story is solid, and it's a shame that this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is the year 2064. unity announces it has cornered the last known team of game developers in a mountainous region in iran. however, unity fails to mount an attack on the 3 person team because of a 50-year old bug in its navmesh code. games continue to be developed… for now
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the cyberpunk/80s theme, and some parts were cool, but overall it was boring. I know it's not really a bad thing, because there are some who would love this. It just wasn't for me. It was a little too slow and the game didn't do a great job to keep my attention during the conversations. I found myself trying to click so much to speed it up. There are some parts that just felt way longer than they needed to be, mainly the final enemy encounter. I'm happy I finally got this game done,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game had a lot of potential. I completed it a few years ago and I will give it the credit of having stuck with me. Unfortunately, the reason why is that I think it's one of the worst visual novels I have ever played. I think there is a right way and a wrong way to do LGBTQ+ representation and this game falls flat to me, personally. It feels like it was put in as an afterthought and as a cashgrab. Also, the story itself is kinda meh until the end. It's heavily railroaded and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tomcat @erinyvette.bsky.social Video Game: 2064: Read Only Memories Year: 2017 Along with Erin Yvette, the voice cast for @midboss.bsky.social's cyberpunk adventure game included Melissa Hutchison, Sarah Elmaleh, @sarahannewillia.bsky.social, Lonnie Alex, and many more. #2064ReadOnlyMemories
neutral · AI labelView post →I finished 2064: Read Only Memories. VERY well-written graphic adventure inspired by Snatcher. I absolutely loved the way the game approached the complexity of the characters, as well as the fantastic world building, visuals and the charming cast. If you love the cyberpunk genre, you can't miss this
positive · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a 2nd short featuring 2064: Read Only Memories by Midboss LLC. I'm currently working through chapter 2 of the game, and I'm also further than I made it in my previous attempts at playing the game. #2064readonlymemories #videogames #indiegames #adventuregames #shorts
positive · AI labelView post →Very sorry to hear about Midboss calling it quits. 2064: Read Only Memories is a very special game that I loved even before I was cast as Sylvan. I don’t think some people in charge being terrible assholes can take away the positivity that others made possible.
positive · AI labelView post →I wish I could recommend this game because the team clearly did some things right (music, the retro-ish point & click art, character portraits) but even after two hours the story did nothing to draw me in. My robot sidekick is more annoying than charming, the mechanics are extremely basic, and lastly, I didn't feel like I had much agency at all to make decisions that would matter in my investigation. If you need a cyberpunk fix, get it, I guess. But otherwise I hope the sequel will improve on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely text heavy with no skip dialog button. Characters interaction feel pointless with the blue robot always explaining everything to the level the player isn't felt needed for the story to progress. I can't go through the dialog quick enough when the final puzzle bugged out twice and had my time wasted with too many redos after messing up once causing the boss to become unavoidable. The only outcome I feel the player has is being nice or mean and that has no change to the story besides…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →played for just over an hour and really really couldnt be bothered with it. im sure theres stuff in here worth digging for, but im not the one to do it. i found the characters annoying, the dialogue choices to be the choice of a totally different person than myself, and the lack of things to actually do very exhausting. i spent an hour being jerked around, told how to feel about things, and then given a dialogue option that surmounted to "i agree, and i feel the way you want me to feel about…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let’s do it! Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 board game, 1 movie, and 1 TV Show. 🎲 Changeling: the Lost 📖 Ninguém Nasce Herói (written by the amazing Eric Novello) ♟️ Avalon 🎬 CAM 📺 The Haunting of Hill House Bonus round: comic and game! 🗯️ Arlindo 👾2064 Read Only Memories
neutral · AI labelView post →A sendoff to Snatcher, but there’s a veneer of mediocracy that never goes away. Puzzles are lacking, tone consistency is absent and the humor was dated. Good music at least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →want to point out that the two 2064 clips i have with deltarune stuff in them? yeah i actually modded/added them into the game for allat. i'm making a fucked up version of 2064 just for me
neutral · AI labelView post →(game not complete at 4.3 hours on time of review, part of my review all my games effort) (short version) Game dropped at 4.3 hours due to an issue that I knew would cause me to quit, and was careful until now to avoid, but just happened. The game's save area has "load" as it's primary option. With no auto save I just had 2.3 hours of gameplay evaporate. Game is a visual novel with good music $10 is too much for what you get. (long version) I agree with other posts wishing there was a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lost N64 Game (Viewpoint 2064 + More) ► youtu.be/tFEplZ0CHc0
neutral · AI labelView post →Great plot, great characters and great soundtrack!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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