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System Requirements
Minimum
| Processor | Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 from around 2016 or later |
|---|---|
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 or newer |
| Storage | 12 GB available space |
| VR Support | OpenXR. Supports standard gamepads and motion controllers. Only Windows is officially supported for VR |
| Additional Notes | Lower resolution for additional performance. Laptops can work too. Tested on 2021 Lenovo thinkpad, works smoothly with low settings and lower resolution setting. NOTE: You can always try the Demo to see how game runs. |
Recommended
| OS | Windows 10 or newer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 7 from 2018 or later |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or newer |
| Storage | 12 GB available space |
| VR Support | OpenXR. Supports standard gamepads and motion controllers. Only Windows is officially supported for VR |
| Additional Notes | Tested with high settings on 1080p. For 4k with high settings NVIDIA 4080 or AMD RX 7900 is recommended. NOTE: You can always try the Demo to see how game runs. |
About
One could say POOLS is like an art gallery where you look around and listen to the sounds. Very few things to accomplish or solve, practically a few mazes. Sometimes POOLS can challenge your navigation skills. But mostly you're just... there.
Note: There are no monsters chasing you or jumping suddenly towards you, but the game can feel oppressive. POOLS plays on fears of getting lost, the dark, and tight spaces.
The game has no user-interface and no dialogue. No background music. Instead, the game uses sounds to make you feel like you're really there. The sounds and echo change depending on the room you're in. Walking in water is slower. All of these things makes the game feel more real and creates a tense atmosphere.
There's no typical story, no characters to meet, and you won't find any notes in game. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you. Rooms look and feel different. Each chapter has something unique. Constantly you're exploring new places, each with its own kind of mystery.
Base game has six unique chapters, each taking 10 to 30 minutes to play.
POOLS is inspired by a internet phenomenons "Liminal spaces", "Found footage" and "Backrooms" - specifically "Backrooms Pools" or "Poolrooms".
One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
Other inspirations include:
Note: There are no monsters chasing you or jumping suddenly towards you, but the game can feel oppressive. POOLS plays on fears of getting lost, the dark, and tight spaces.
The game has no user-interface and no dialogue. No background music. Instead, the game uses sounds to make you feel like you're really there. The sounds and echo change depending on the room you're in. Walking in water is slower. All of these things makes the game feel more real and creates a tense atmosphere.
There's no typical story, no characters to meet, and you won't find any notes in game. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you. Rooms look and feel different. Each chapter has something unique. Constantly you're exploring new places, each with its own kind of mystery.
Base game has six unique chapters, each taking 10 to 30 minutes to play.
POOLS is inspired by a internet phenomenons "Liminal spaces", "Found footage" and "Backrooms" - specifically "Backrooms Pools" or "Poolrooms".
One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
Other inspirations include:
- Matt Studios: Poolrooms videos from 2022
- Mortain Colors
- Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1 by Andrew Quist
- Kane Pixels: The Backrooms (Found Footage)
Description
POOLS
Repack Features
Based on POOLS-TENOKE ISO release: tenoke-pools.iso (1,986,453,504 bytes)
100% Lossless & MD5 Perfect: all files are identical to originals after installation
NOTHING ripped, NOTHING re-encoded
Significantly smaller archive size (compressed from 1.9 GB to 723 MB)
Installation takes half-a-minute
After-install integrity check so you could make sure that everything installed properly
HDD space after installation: 1.8 GB
At least 2 GB of free RAM (inc. virtual) required for installing this repack