Mike G from Twinfinite writes:
It’s easy to want to like a game that tries to be different. Games that take bold risks and attempt to shake up what playing a game actually means can be huge hits when they make the right choices.
Unrest makes a lot of those right choices. Unrest is a game that challenges players to think in terms different than victory and defeat, and while it suffers from a few gameplay glitches this is still a game worth playing.
iLLGaming reviews Unrest, a Kickstarter funded game based in Ancient India which explores racism, caste system, corruption and political power.
Owen Atkinson writes: "[Unrest] feels less like a game and more like an extremely vivid choose-your-own-adventure book. ... a poignant exploration of just how much people will sacrifice to save either themselves, their families or their homes, and the unintended consequences that can follow."
James sat down with Indian alt-RPG Unrest, noting it had a "novel approach to the standard formula"