The Nobody: An Odyssey

He texts you. Homer forgot him

Only for iPhone

$2.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Homer names Polites once — "the dearest of my companions" — and then lets him vanish into a crew that never reached home. A rower. A nobody. The sea takes him with all the others, unnamed. This is his version. Three thousand years after Troy, Polites's messages reach your phone. He doesn't know what you are. You don't know why you can hear him. But the connection holds — across the islands, the monsters, the dark stretches of open water — and what you say back starts to matter. Stay with him and he might make it home. Go quiet, and the story ends the way it always has. THE VOYAGE • Eight chapters, from the sack of Ismarus to the last island under the sun • Real-time pacing — Polites writes across hours, and sometimes goes quiet to think, row, or sleep. • Your choices shape who he becomes, who he saves, and how it ends. There is more than one ending, and survival is not always the likeliest one. • Ocean ambience, no music — best with headphones, somewhere quiet. A story told entirely in messages, about the man the poem left out. Free to begin at playthenobody.com.

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Fixed notification ask timing.

Version 1.0.8

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    Information

    Seller
    • Errata LLC
    Size
    • 7.2 MB
    Category
    • Adventure
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    16+
    • 16+
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    • Frequent
      Mature or Suggestive Themes
      Horror/Fear Themes

      Infrequent
      Guns or Other Weapons
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Errata LLC
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.