Kathy Rain 12+

I work. A lot. Multiple jobs in a fast paced industry. As such, I don’t get a lot of downtime, and as much as I love games that really pack in the mystery and action, I find myself gravitating towards quick things that can satisfy my need for recreation in 15 minutes or less. But this game...! My fiancé recommended it to me late on a Wednesday night. And I had a very difficult time going to work on Thursday. I was supposed to work out a few kinks in a freelancing project Thursday night, but I just couldn’t put this down!

Kathy Rain is captivating. The style, the cadence, the acting, and the plot all come together into an incredible mystery that takes a fairly unexpected twist. The attention to detail and era are stellar, and the pace of the reveals keeps the player driving ever forward. It’s not a slog- it’s a pleasure. I highly recommend this game to absolutely anyone who had ever had an interest in point and click adventures and/or mysteries...but maybe play it on your day off!

I thought, 'ugh another plodding mystery adventure game (which isn't bad, but I tend to be impatient).
Such beautiful atmosphere, amazing voice acting (seriously good) and I don't know the word for it, but the mixture of pixel art with soft effects and lighting worked so well. Oh and the music is so good, it's haunting, never annoying or repetitive.
I had no idea this was pretty dark and definitely not PG, there's a lot of cursing and some dark events.
The puzzles (for me) were very very original and difficult, made you want to get out a pen n paper and scribble to figure it out. There were not many puzzles but the ones there were so well thought out, never monotonous. I really enjoyed the detailed environment (objects to interact with, things to examine.) The length was satisfying.
It was really really good. I did use a walk through occasionally because I'm lazy and sometimes I got tired of tracking over the same sites over n over.
Only issue: on the IPad there is some glitch in certain locations which when you push to see 'hot spots', they are overlapped and in the wrong places. I saw this in many rooms.

Great game

No Spoilers but...NEEDS huge TRIGGER WARNINGS for abortion, family trauma, adoption/neglect, suicide, mental health and Religious trauma; portrays all very well. Great game, definitely an "M" rating. GOOD MYSTEY & PUZZLES are easy enough by listening to Kathy. That said PLS THINK about whether the above issues REALLY bother you B4 BUYING/PLAYING!! 1) You play the whole game as Kathy and to progress you MUST confront said issues and deal with her inner "demons". That said the game does make u think about life itself..and you face moral dilemma, just as you do in "Whispers of the Machine" 2) .MUCH more enjoyable than Blackwell series, provides @ 6-7 hr game time if u want it to. Good acting and soundtrack adds a lot... wear earbuds!!! 3)All in all thanks to devs (again) for another thought provoking point and click game:) 4) Took one star off for the things mentioned for Trigger warning. You truly experience the essence of these situations and people should know that:) 5) Also..As another reviewer said... swearing is prevalent ( plenty of gd and fbombs so be careful round little ones:)