Device 6
Device 6 (stylized as DEVICE 6) is a text-based adventure game developed by Swedish game developer Simogo, released in 2013 for iOS. The game uses text, images and sounds to guide the player through a set of puzzles, which the in-game protagonist, Anna, needs to solve to escape from an unknown island. In 2025, the game was made available on Windows, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 as part of the Simogo Legacy Collection.
Also recorded as DEViCE6
Device 6
- Creator
- Magnus “Gordon” Gardebäck · Simon Flesser
- Date
- 2013
- Language
- English
- Genre
- interactive fiction
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Device 6 (stylized as DEVICE 6) is a text-based adventure game developed by Swedish game developer Simogo, released in 2013 for iOS. The game uses text, images and sounds to guide the player through a set of puzzles, which the in-game protagonist, Anna, needs to solve to escape from an unknown island. In 2025, the game was made available on Windows, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 as part of the Simogo Legacy Collection.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Device 6 • Developer — Simogo • Publisher — Simogo • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * iOS • Simogo Legacy Collection • Nintendo Switch • Nintendo Switch 2 • Windows • Released — Simogo Legacy CollectionDecember 1, 2025 • Genre — Interactive fiction • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — The player must rotate their device to read certain lines of text as they navigate through the game world. Device 6 uses mainly text in its gameplay, and the player swipes the screen to move through or review the story. The text may turn or split into branches in certain points of the game, adapting to the protagonist's movements in the story. The player uses buttons to interact with in-game elements shown in black-and-white pictures like machines to get hints or to solve a puzzle.
Plot
Plot
The game begins with Anna, the protagonist, waking up in an unknown castle, only with an unpleasant doll in her memory. Throughout her journey, she meets strange people and creatures appearing to be unresponsive or electronically controlled, raising her suspicion. In the end, its revealed that an organization named HAT knocked her out with a doll, and drove her to the island, letting her explore the island and exposing her to a fake story in hope of making her join the organization. However, she never believed anything of the things she experienced in the island, and finds out that shes trapped on the island by a device named DEVICE 4, used for creating the text and images you see in the game, she then destroys the device, eventually killing herself. Its then revealed that the points that you collect in the game, can be used to buy the same doll that knocked her out.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Music in Device 6 is composed by Daniel Olsén. The soundtrack album of the game, DEVICE 6 Original Soundtrack, was released on 1 November 2013. The singer of the lead single in the album, Jonathan Eng, also makes an appearance in-game.
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2013
Device 6 published.
2013
Device 6 is recorded as published in 2013.
Reception
Device 6 has received highly positive reviews from critics. The game is listed with a score of 92/100, indicating "universal acclaim" on review aggregation site Metacritic. Critics applaud the game for its creative way of storytelling, the well-written prose and the audio effects, while noting its short gameplay. The game won the Excellence in Audio award in the 2014 Independent Games Festival, Apple Design Awards 2014, 2014 Best App Ever Award from Pocket Gamer and several others. It was also nominated for several BAFTA Games Awards. As of March 2014, the game has sold 200,000 copies on App Store, according to the developer.
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Context
The circumstances in which Device 6 stands. Credited to the author Magnus “Gordon” Gardebäck. Credited to the author Simon Flesser. Recorded as application software. Composed by Daniel Olsén. Developed by Simogo. Issued for iPadOS. The identifiers under which Device 6 may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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- 1.UBM Tech. Road to the IGF: Simogo's DEVICE 6. 7 February 2014.
- 2.IGN. Device 6.
- 3.Nadia Oxford. Device 6 Review. Gamezebo. 22 October 2013.
- 4.Andrew Webster. 'Device 6' is a stylish mystery novel masquerading as a game. Vox Media. 17 October 2013.
- 5.Welsh, Oli. A brilliant developer's games were disappearing, so they got creative. Polygon. 2025-12-04.
- 6.Simon Flesser. The Complete Guide to References and Inspirations in DEVICE 6. Simogo. 28 April 2014.
- 7.CBS Interactive. DEVICE 6 for iPhone/iPad Reviews. Metacritic.
- 8.Future. Device 6 Review. Edge. 17 October 2013.
- 9.Christian Donlan. Device 6 Review. Gamer Network. 17 October 2013.
- 10.Jeff Cork. The Next Step In Interactive Fiction - Device 6. Game Informer. 29 October 2013.
- 11.Marty Sliva. Device 6 Review. IGN. 27 November 2013.
- 12.Scott Nichols. Mobile reviews: 'Batman: Arkham Origins', 'Device 6', more. Hearst Magazines UK. 22 October 2013.
- 13.Larsen, Luke. 'Device 6' Review – An Interactive Story Unlike Any You've Ever Experienced. TouchArcade. 28 October 2013.
- 14.Apple Inc. Device 6 - Apple Design Awards.
- 15.Independent Games Festival. The 16th Annual Independent Games Festival Finalists.
- 16.Richard Brown. Simogo's psychological thriller DEVICE 6 is crowned the Best App Ever. Steel Media. 27 March 2014.
- 17.Steel Media. 6th Annual Awards Winner for Most Innovative Game.
- 18.Tom Hoggins. Device 6 review. The Daily Telegraph. 30 October 2013.
- 19.J. Nicholas Geist. Device 6 is a mystery game that creates as many mysteries as it solves. Kill Screen Media. 18 October 2013.
- 20.British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Games in 2014.
- 21.Simon Flesser. Last week was crazy. Simogo. 27 March 2014.
- 22.Daniel Olsén. DEVICE 6 Original Soundtrack. Bandcamp.
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