Considering its merits as a meaty scifi story (involving realities, personas, and other relevant technological aspects) nestled within a 4-key rhythm game, I think vivid/statis would fare decently as a standalone novel, along with some tweaks to adapt and interpret the ARG-esque bits whenever possible.

Nowadays, it's through "bait-and-switch" rip vids made by Youtube channels like SiIvaGunner and TimmyTurnersGrandDad.
I also keep a casual eye towards new releases on itch.io.

vivid/statis
Venice 2089
Clodhoppers
When the Past was Around

Even I beforehand, before I took on my first day at college some months ago, realized how crapsack (for lack of a better term) the world actually is, especially for neurodivergent young adults like me, and how many others in my age range would rather go hikokomori and focus on doing their own creative thing rather than serve the uninspired and haughty. Some deal with unbridled anger, others with anguish, others with keeping a false positive façade, while others try to keep it neutral and normal under the hood...

Maybe that's why one of my recent favorite tracks nowadays comes from the OMORI OST, that being "It Means Everything". Alongside Derivakat's newest EP yet, they convey what it means to be both confused and so distraught with anger from all the hardships we face in our later teenage stage of life, including the ever-increasing "I-don't-care-about-everything-anymore" attitude prevalent amongst teenagers and YAs, especially with troubled childhoods and broken friendships.

That would be OMORI, first and foremost.

Something... behind you?
Says that one anguished Basil inside that one triangular ghastly time loop thingy.

Probably Omori, although I haven't gotten to two of four endings just yet. Its vibes naturally resonated with me over time, even at its darkest moments.

Plus, with the right combination of applications (more preferably, a few, and some with no active internet permission at all) and power settings tweaked both for better battery mileage and longer, more focused on-the-go sessions (e.g. editing documents, playing that one dungeon crawler roguelike, and planning important events, etc.) you could count on it more.

Sa nakikita ko, parang gigil na gigil siyang magganap bilang si Dream sa DSMP, "White flags, white flags, outside your (university) base, right now!"

Say no more... Artemis is the name, albeit currently in an early-access beta state.

Ika nga, yung alamat ni Pedro at ang asong-gubat. Except in this case, the wolf itself cries a false flag after rampaging the boy's entire goat herd unimpeded at daylight.

Me? I have four of them, one of them about this new acad fantasy Minecraft roleplay series since July 2nd.