Indie

Emily is Away

88% positive of 32,342 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 1 h
To 100%: 1.5 h
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Kyle Seeley.

About the game

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Tagged by players

Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Story Rich
Choose Your Own Adventure
Short
Retro
Romance
Dating Sim
Visual Novel
Simulation
Text-Based
Pixel Graphics

What players say

Games like Emily is Away

See all games like Emily is Away

Obscure

Remembering Emily - Mystery visual novel

50% matchChoose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter

76%13 reviews

Obscure

Цветок

49% matchInteractive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure

91%59 reviews

Indie

Departed Away

49% matchInteractive Fiction, Dating Sim

89%542 reviews

Obscure

It's You: A Breakup Story

48% matchChoices Matter, Romance

86%45 reviews

Obscure

Interactive Horror Stories

42% matchInteractive Fiction, Choices Matter

69%149 reviews

Obscure

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

44% matchInteractive Fiction, Choices Matter

73%101 reviews

Obscure

Goodbye

38% matchInteractive Fiction, Simulation

97%40 reviews

Obscure

DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice

45% matchInteractive Fiction, Choices Matter

85%42 reviews

Obscure

Text Your Life

44% matchInteractive Fiction, Dating Sim

93%65 reviews

Obscure

Bleeding Moons

45% matchInteractive Fiction, Choices Matter

94%19 reviews

Obscure

Escape from Irene

42% matchInteractive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure

80%15 reviews

Indie

A Bird Story

43% matchShort, Interactive Fiction

85%8.2K reviews1 h

Indie

Emily is Away

88% positive of 32,342 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 1 h
To 100%: 1.5 h
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Kyle Seeley.

About the game

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Tagged by players

Interactive Fiction
Choices Matter
Story Rich
Choose Your Own Adventure
Short
Retro
Romance
Dating Sim
Visual Novel
Simulation
Text-Based
Pixel Graphics

What players say

Recommended
The game is about you having a crush on a girl from your high school and chatting with her. The game puts you in 3 years of the character's life where he chats with his crush Emily. It's kind of fun. You say something, then she replies, then you have to reply and it goes on. Each time you have to reply, you will have three choices of what to say. So you have a few options and it won't be like watching a premade tv…
1.4 h played when written. 18 found it helpful.
Read on Steam
Recommended
Notice: This review is based on my personal experience, which is very similar to the story of the game. Call it a semi-spoiler. With that said, those with intentions of playing the game without being spoiled, please look elsewhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used to have a lot of friends back in high school. And there was this one person with…
48 min played when written. 18 found it helpful.
Read on Steam
Not recommended
The game tries to invest the player emotionally through the sole use of internet chat messages. While commendable, the lack of control over the conversations and context left me uninterested in the titular character, which is not introduced in any way and whose personality can be quite grating, which was unfortunate, as you as the player are supposed to want to end up with her. Since I did indeed drift apart, I…
30 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.
Read on Steam