Obscure

A Story Beside

96% positive of 241 Steam reviews

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Wayward Prophet.

About the game

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

Tagged by players

Life Sim
Emotional
Romance
Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Female Protagonist
Top-Down
Choose Your Own Adventure
Story Rich
LGBTQ+
Relaxing
Dating Sim

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Obscure

A Story Beside

96% positive of 241 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Wayward Prophet.

About the game

Tagged by players

Life Sim
Emotional
Romance
Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Female Protagonist
Top-Down
Choose Your Own Adventure
Story Rich
LGBTQ+
Relaxing
Dating Sim

What players say

Recommended
Absolutely wonderful and beautiful game. 100% recommend this story if you are in to collecting and clicking on every small item in games. The story does not take long to complete (about 6hrs total). Great voice over, great storylines, great game play. Loved and almost made me cry!
11 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I wish more people knew about this game. This story will stay with me for a long time. Everything was so beautifully written and made me absolutely bawl my eyes out. 15/10
8.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
As lovely as the game is, visually and story-wise, I just refunded it. In less than 50 minutes I had two lock-ups during dialogue that forced me to shut it down using the windows button on keyboard. Then I had to replay everything from last save, which gets old quick when the game is almost all cut-scenes so you can't cut corners. (with replaying chunks I estimate it was actually twenty minutes actual game time).…
49 min played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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