Backfirewall_ is an existential comedy puzzler about an outdated OS

pcgamer.com:

Meta comedy puzzler Backfirewall is about a smartphone operating system with an owner who's much more responsible than I am: OS9 is due for an update, and apparently they're not planning to press «remind me later» for 30 days. Your job as Update Assistant is to make sure OS9 gets replaced with OS10. Of course, OS9 would rather not take a big sleep in the digital recycle bin, so you'll have to take a bit of a puzzling journey to enforce the will of the Update Protocol.

Naraven Games has revealed the «tragicomedy» with a goofy, meta trailer during today's PC Gaming Show(opens in new tab), and there are shades of Stanley Parable and Portal in it. Think GladOS, but more of a «no worries if not» energy than «exterminate». (I say that now, but maybe OS9 will get feisty as the threat of an update looms.)

«Explore a weird and wonderful smartphone's setting, brimming with life and telltale conversations,» Naraven says. «Navigate wi-fi's bureaucratic nightmare or party in the speakers' exclusive nightclub and encounter many quirky characters, each an irreplaceable piece of personified software with its own rich file history.»

As you journey through the gauntlet of sentient software, you'll find the Photos app has an attitude, social media apps are a bit insecure, and the poor Health app is feeling neglected. Each app has its own space you can spot in the trailer—the speakers' neon club and the eternal wait list at the wi-fi help desk. You'll also be able to dig up emails to uncover the story of the phone's responsible owner.

The puzzles and gags are going to be the big draw here, so Naraven is playing it a bit close to the chest with the reveal trailer. You'll do a good bit of walking around, goggling at areas full of in-world