The Fog Knows Your Name (2019)

Developer: Choice of Games
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating: 4.3 of 5, 82 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 5.7 hours
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A tense, imagination-driven interactive novel where your choices navigate a fog-shrouded small-town mystery and horror.

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What players say

Players praise the writing and branching story, but many say stat checks are too punishing or opaque, especially early on. Some players get through fine by focusing on a few stats, while others find the system frustrating enough to stop. The lack of manual saving hurts replayability.

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More by Choice of Games

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.