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The game is available to buy on USefulNotes/{{Steam}}, as well as UsefulNotes/AppleArcade.

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* CentralTheme: Broken family relationships. Joesph has been more focused on work than Izzy since losing his wife, Carmen and Helena are estranged siblings, and Maria herself hasn't spoken to her parents ever since she left home.
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* {{Bookends}}: Not counting the epilogue added in 2020, the game begins and ends with a level focused on Maria's suitcase.


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* ShoutOut: In both the first and last levels of the game, you can see Maria's passport, which implies she's from [[VideoGame/PapersPlease the United Federation.]]

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* SiblingYinYang: While Carmen is very energetic and emotional, Helena is more subdued and responsible.

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* SiblingYinYang: While Carmen is very energetic and emotional, Helena is more subdued and responsible.responsible.
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''Assemble with Care'' is a 2019 VideoGame by ustwo games, about a restorer named Maria who comes to the city of Bellariva. While Maria's goal is to fix the objects important to the city's citizens, she soon finds herself fixing more than just objects.

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''Assemble with Care'' is a 2019 VideoGame by ustwo games, Creator/UstwoGames, about a restorer named Maria who comes to the city of Bellariva. While Maria's goal is to fix the objects important to the city's citizens, she soon finds herself fixing more than just objects.
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''Assemble with Care'' is a 2019 VideoGame about a restorer named Maria who comes to the city of Bellariva. While Maria's goal is to fix the objects important to the city's citizens, she soon finds herself fixing more than just objects.

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''Assemble with Care'' is a 2019 VideoGame by ustwo games, about a restorer named Maria who comes to the city of Bellariva. While Maria's goal is to fix the objects important to the city's citizens, she soon finds herself fixing more than just objects.
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* SellWhatYouLove: Near the end of the game, [[spoiler: Helena sells her prized camera to help fund Carmen's cafe.]]
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* NostalgicMusicbox: One of the game's levels has you fix a music box that used to belong to Izzy's mother. Joseph says the song it plays is a lullaby that Izzy's mother sang to her, [[spoiler: and when you fix the music box, Joseph begins to sing the lullaby.]]
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''Assemble with Care'' is a 2019 VideoGame about a restorer named Maria who comes to the city of Bellariva. While Maria's goal is to fix the objects important to the city's citizens, she soon finds herself fixing more than just objects.

The game is available to buy on Steam, as well as Apple Arcade.

''Assemble with Care'' was nominated for a [=BAFTA=] for Mobile Game of the Year in 2020. The website for the game can be found [[https://www.assemblegame.com/#home here]].

!!''Assemble with Care'' includes examples of:

*BigSisterWorship: Helena says Carmen, her younger sister, looked up to her when they were younger, and Carmen still is shown to love and rely on Helena.
*DisappointingOlderSibling: Carmen is very upset with Helena after [[spoiler: she finds out that Helena is broke. She gets over it when Helena sells her prized camera to help keep Carmen's cafe afloat.]]
*IAmNotMyFather: Joseph is determined to stop being a distant parent to his daughter, Izzy, unlike his own father.
*ImprobablyFemaleCast: While we don't meet many of Bellariva's residents, the only male character in the game with a speaking role is Joseph, compared to the four speaking female characters in the game.
*LinearVisualNovel: The game has playable sections, but the player is unable to change or interact with the narrative itself at all.
*MissingMom: Joseph is a single father, as Izzy's mother died at some point before the game starts.
*SiblingTeam: The game ends with Carmen and Helena [[spoiler: working together in Carmen's cafe.]]
*SiblingYinYang: While Carmen is very energetic and emotional, Helena is more subdued and responsible.

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