Indie

Emily is Away

88% positive of 32,342 Steam reviews

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To finish: 1 h
To 100%: 1.5 h
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Kyle Seeley.

About the game

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Tagged by players

Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Story Rich
Choose Your Own Adventure
Romance
Dating Sim
Retro
Text-Based
Visual Novel
Simulation
Short
Pixel Graphics

What players say

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Indie

Emily is Away

88% positive of 32,342 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 1 h
To 100%: 1.5 h
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Kyle Seeley.

About the game

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Tagged by players

Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Story Rich
Choose Your Own Adventure
Romance
Dating Sim
Retro
Text-Based
Visual Novel
Simulation
Short
Pixel Graphics

What players say

Recommended
The game is about you having a crush on a girl from your high school and chatting with her. The game puts you in 3 years of the character's life where he chats with his crush Emily. It's kind of fun. You say something, then she replies, then you have to reply and it goes on. Each time you have to reply, you will have three choices of what to say. So you have a few options and it won't be like watching a premade tv…
1.4 h played when written. 18 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Notice: This review is based on my personal experience, which is very similar to the story of the game. Call it a semi-spoiler. With that said, those with intentions of playing the game without being spoiled, please look elsewhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used to have a lot of friends back in high school. And there was this one person with…
48 min played when written. 18 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The game tries to invest the player emotionally through the sole use of internet chat messages. While commendable, the lack of control over the conversations and context left me uninterested in the titular character, which is not introduced in any way and whose personality can be quite grating, which was unfortunate, as you as the player are supposed to want to end up with her. Since I did indeed drift apart, I…
30 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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