A Dark Winter Wander (2021)

Developer: Red Skald
Platforms: Game Boy
Genres: Visual Novel

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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 young woman navigates strained family bonds during a mystical Christmas walk through a spirit world.

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About

This is a short Christmas game for Game boy. It's about Embla and how she tries to handle the holidays and her strained relationship with her family. She's drawn into a twilight world of spirits where she undertakes a mysterious year walk, where she might get perspective on things or not. It's up to you.

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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.