System's Twilight

System's Twilight: An Abstract Fairy Tale is a graphical interactive fiction computer game created by Andrew Plotkin and released in 1994.

The overarching story is an allegory in which the player and other characters are programs in a broken, dysfunctional computer environment.

MacAddict commented that System's Twilight felt similar to 3 in Three, with hard puzzles, quality sound and graphics, and a witty storyline.

"[4] AllGame rated System's Twilight three and a half out of five stars, calling it "a very unusual game" with an ending that was "something of a letdown", and suggesting that it would appeal to people who like hard puzzles.

For the AllGame reviewer, the graphics were average while the weird and amusing sounds complemented the gameplay.

Screenshot from System's Twilight
An early in-game puzzle. The characters are depicted as abstract shapes.