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Rue Valley

69% positive of 1,924 Steam reviews

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To finish
8 h
To 100%
12 h
Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic, PlayStation

Made by Emotion Spark Studio. Published by Owlcat Games.

About the game

Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.

Tagged by players

  • Narrative
  • Time Travel
  • Psychological
  • Isometric
  • Emotional
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Surreal
  • Point & Click
  • Visual Novel
  • Choices Matter
  • Mystery

What players say

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    I can't believe I played 15 hours of this nonsense. Rue Valley reminds me of old point-and-click adventure games by Sierra, where I always got stuck at some point, but luckily I didn't have those problems with Rue Valley because the things you need to do are almost always nicely tracked (except the first and last loop). The biggest similarity: PC-first controls. Gamepad? Forget about it; it's unusable and…

    16 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    This game suffers from pacing issues. Bad ones. Everything starts to fall apart in the second act. The story is a bit of a mess. Lean into the absurd, then pull up hard. What exactly was the point? I get that tedium is part of the storyline, but not respecting the player's time as a whole is a bit insulting. Frankly, I understand getting a "bad ending," but after 12-ish hours of enduring the "quirks" of this game,…

    19 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.

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