Big Brains in Little Jars

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.4
16 reviews
1K+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this game

Become a brain-for-hire in this mad-science adventure!

"Big Brains in Little Jars" is a 300,000-word interactive novel by Ashlee Sierra. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

As a valued appendage at a company called Gray Matter, you’ll do the thinking, speaking, and fist-fighting for clients who hire you, all from the comfort of your jar. Along the way, you’ll start riots, solve riddles, torment party clowns, escape burning buildings, find allies among your fellow brains, and commit felonies. Not a bad gig, as long as eternal servitude is your jam.

Of course, every workplace has its downsides. Bad brains get imprisoned in dead bodies, your coworkers are tired of being science experiments, and that intern won’t quit looking at you funny. Also, the healthcare coverage is abysmal. But escaping won’t be easy. After all, you’re a brain in a jar—and Gray Matter isn’t about to let a valued appendage just roll out the door.

* Don’t worry about gender (you’re just a brain) or sexual orientation (seriously, you’re just a brain).
* As a brain-for-hire at Gray Matter, help your clients achieve their wildest dreams—or humiliate them in front of everyone.
* Explore the depths of a mysterious underground laboratory known for madcap scientific experiments. (Portal gun not included.)
* Bully scientists, befriend disgruntled coworkers, or forge risky alliances with high-ranking Gray
* Matter employees to learn where your brain-jar is imprisoned.
* Choose one of four distinct sidekicks, each with unique abilities to help you navigate Gray Matter.
* Flex your mockery muscle by increasing your dedicated Sarcasm stat.
* Flip someone off using their own finger, start a fistfight in a corporate break room, ruin a first date, and get into general mad-science mischief.
* Find out whether you’ve got what it takes to outthink Gray Matter—or if you’re bound to spend eternity as a brain trapped in a jar.
Updated on
Sep 6, 2023

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This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

3.4
14 reviews
Adam Young
December 24, 2023
This game was tough to win. At some point in the game you have a choice to make between five different locations: if you get the answer wrong then Grey Matter the company that owns your brain wins. Unfortunately this means you only have a 20% chance of getting this right. The stats do not affect this decision at all. The stat checks are also difficult to hit. The writing was ok but the story was frustrating to win. Just remember an oath by the river Styx would hold even Zeus himself.
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No Name Yet
April 13, 2022
I paid for this game but I can't access it. I've had more trouble with Choice games than I can tell you in 500 characters. On the brighter side I did pay for this one because I liked it. But I can't play it unless I can see the stats. And I have to go back to the catalog and play because I can't remember a password and on and on I could go. I'm done paying for them, I know that
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Gwen SleepyHead
April 13, 2022
The idea and beginning were good but it forces you on the path of revolution and zombies, even if you don't want to. It gets boring from that point on...
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