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Plaguemon Lost Diaries came out in 2019 for the Game Boy Advance, developed by a small team called Retro Forge. It feels like a game that could have existed in the mid-2000s, with its pixel art and chiptune soundtrack fitting right in with the handheld's library. You play as a young archivist who discovers a set of haunted journals, each one a gateway to a different cursed memory.

You control the archivist directly, moving screen by screen through interconnected areas that blend exploration with light puzzle solving. Your main goal is to recover lost pages scattered within each diary world, which often requires using tools like a spectral lantern to reveal hidden paths or a quill that can temporarily alter the environment. Combat is minimal but tense; you mostly avoid shadowy creatures or use context specific interactions to bypass them. The pacing is deliberate, with a moderate difficulty that comes from observation and careful movement rather than reflexes. It feels like slowly piecing together a story that someone tried very hard to forget.