
Game
What Never Was
69IGDB player score
29 ratings
About this game
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
Sometime in the late 2000s, Howard James Wright - an old but kind man - perishes. Leaving behind him many adventures, relics he's collected over the years as well as books authored, he is also leaving Sarah, his granddaughter behind. Having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfather's attic, she is soon to find that not everything about her grandfather's attic is what it seems.
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Game facts
Release date
Jan 10, 2019
Developer
Acke Hallgren
Publisher
Acke Hallgren
Platforms
Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
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