Letters - a written adventure

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I binged this game on my first play-through, finished it all within one sitting. A nice short game, with fun abilities to make your own decisions to change the story. I plan on playing through it again, but making different choices this time.

A short game telling about dealing with depression and caring for people around you. The puzzle is unique and not difficult to solve. My favorite thing is you can make a decision in some parts of the story which changes the aftermath you'll get. I'd recommend this if you like a chill word game that can be played through in 2 hours.
However, the story is a bit repeating and falling off for me. Writing about depression can be very sensitive, but the jump skip into epilogue is too sudden. Most puzzles in later chapters are easy to guess and easy to find out in the text-walls. Meanwhile, the control of your character is still slow making solving the puzzle less challenging but more level of complex. If you can bypass this then Letters is a good puzzle game with fresh mechanic and a wholesome story for a nice day!

"Letters - a written adventure" is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. You follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. You use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
The Artstyle was amazing and i liked the music and sounds.
The game mechanics were very simple and easy to understand. You can also get help with using "H".
You also can get achievements for specific actions or paths you choose.
It took me around 3.5 hours to finish the game. I paid 2,99€ for the game on Sale.
It was fun so try it out!

Great little game!

It's a cute and short game. Nothing special, so I can highly recommend to buy it on sale! :)

It's a short cute game, it doesn't really have enough of a branching path to be a proper text-based adventure or visual novel and as others have pointed out the MC is very specifically defined so there's not much room for roleplaying really, it's more of a simple puzzle game really
All of which would make me leave it a bad review, except that the story it tells is actually cute and the graphic design is phenomenal, so it just wins me over

Well, I certainly enjoyed throwing words at the drawings! XD

This was a fun and a unique idea. I had no qualms with it or the story or the changes that took place. Everything was nice n fluffy and... Well, the only thing was... I wish it was a bit longer?

But you know what... For what it was and the ending I got? It was still entertaining.

It might not be liked by everyone (then again... what is?), but you can still have fun throwing words! Orrrrr... smashing your paper airplane into the credit names! That was awesome!

So thank you and I'll come by some time again and reads it once more!! :D :> :)

This beautiful gem of a game really touched me deeply and way more than I ever expected it to ...
I had so much fun, shared sadness and everyhing else with the protagonist and went to many other emotions during playtime.

Jumping and running through the pages, websites and letters with Sarah, I felt more and more attached to her and her unfolding story.

I'm a "cozy" kind of gamer and usually way more into books than into gaming, but this beautiful masterpiece felt like a story coming to life in a jump n'run puzzling kind of picturebook, with amazing art and so many wonderful special moments, an awesome soundtrack and love and decication in every word, every detail, from the first word to the end.

I loved everything about this game, which really now means a lot to me and I'm looking forward to experience this one again.

So huge thanks for creating this and also I'm very excited about every following game.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this. I thought the gameplay style was unique and not something I'd seen before. A really cute premise that was fun to interact with. I do think there could've been a better tutorial in the beginning about what exactly you should/need to do as it wasn't apparent upfront. You quickly get the hang of it though. I am thankful for their hint system as I had to use it generously, especially in the beginning. The dialogue was cute and genuine, IMO. It didn't feel overly cringe, but TTL. The animations and art-style were charming and I enjoyed the interactions between all of the side characters preventing you from moving down the page. I thought the main storyline was poignant and told well. I wasn't expecting it to have such a dark theme, but that's not a criticism. All in all, a really cute game that I'm glad I took the plunge on. I was pleasantly surprised by it. A hearty recommendation from me.

A cozy, wholesome narrative game with a neat concept. Occasionally hits some pretty hard feels too. Well worth checking out for the price.

Great game, lovely design details and unique approach.

It's not an enjoyable game at all, the story is boring and predicdible, the gameplay is very slow and the MC looks like a very personal character, so, unless you are much like them, you can really relate. I really tried to like this, I was excited for years to play this, but honestly I wanted to quit at the first 30min, but forced my self to 4h, yet not worth it

very neat and nice, best to get it on sale tho

really unique and creative game! love the different story paths you can take

Letters - a written adventure is a very good little game where you can choose your story by playing with words. There's so many choices, the story is beautiful, the graphics are original and the ambiant is relaxing. I highly recommend it!!! 💗💗💗

Letters - a written adventure is a very middle of the road game. Some ideas like the central word puzzle mechanic translate well while other aspects like the character movement elements feel slow and tedious. I also didn’t really like the majority of the supporting characters and for the bulk of the game they treat the main character poorly. Those aspects don’t necessarily make Letters- a written Adventure a bad game, but I would also be surprised if this was anyone’s favorite game.

Imagine curling up with a heartfelt story that unfolds through the lost art of letter writing - that's exactly what you'll find in Letters: A Written Adventure. As you step into Sarah's world, you'll witness the tender moments and gentle challenges that shape her journey from childhood into her teen years. Sometimes you'll get to guide her choices, like a caring friend offering advice at just the right moment.

What makes this game truly special is how beautifully it captures those delicate growing-up moments we all remember - the ones where childhood innocence bumps up against bigger life questions. Sarah's story feels like finding an old diary that reminds you of your own childhood friendships, family bonds, and those first steps toward understanding the grown-up world.

There's something magical about how the game weaves together its clever letter-based gameplay with such an honest, touching story about finding your way through life's early chapters. It's like reading a beloved coming-of-age novel where every page brings back memories of your own journey growing up.


🎮Audience🎮

❌ Kids
❌ Teens
❌ Adults
❌ Hardcore Gamers
✅ Everyone

🌆 Graphics 🌆

❌ You forget what reality is
❌ Masterpiece
❌ Beautiful
❌ Good
✅ Decent
❌ Bad
❌ Don‘t look too long at it
❌ MS-DOS
❌ Pixel / a different style

📖 Story 📖

❌ No story
❌ Some lore
❌ Average
❌ Good
✅ Lovely
❌ Masterpiece
❌ It'll replace your life

💻 PC Requirements 💻

❌ Check if you can run paint
✅ Potato
❌ Decent
❌ Fast
❌ Rich boi
❌ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

⌛️ Game Length ⌛️

✅ Really short (0 - 3 hours)
❌ Short (4 - 8 hours)
❌ Few hours (9 - 20 hours)
❌ Long (21-60 hours)
❌ Very long (61-100 hours)
❌ To infinity and beyond

⚙️ Difficulty ⚙️

✅ Just press 'W'
❌ Easy
❌ Medium
❌ Easy to learn / Hard to master
❌ Significant brain usage
❌ Difficult
❌ Dark Souls

🎧 Audio - Music 🎧

❌ I'm now deaf
❌ Audio: %1
❌ Bad
✅ Not too bad
❌ Good
❌ Very good
❌ Eargasm

🎮 Replayability 🎮

❌One Shot
❌ It must have been a long time
❌ It must have been some time
✅ Definitely playable
❌ Multiplayer

🔮 Game Modes 🔮

❌ Multiplayer
✅ Singleplayer
❌ Co-op

😡 Bugs 😡

✅ Never heard of
❌ Minor bugs
❌ Can get annoying
❌ ARK: Survival Evolved
❌ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

🎮 In Game Transactions? 🎮

❌ DLC
❌ Micro Transactions
❌ In game money
✅ No in game transactions

🎮 Steam Deck Compatibility 🎮

❌ Amazing Compatibility
✅ Works Great
❌ Minor Issues
❌ A lot of issues
❌ No Compatibility

🎮 Is it worth playing? 🎮

✅ Yes
❌So-So!
❌ No


🔟 Rating 🔟

7/10

This amazing game and Sarah's story immediately captivated me. After the first playthrough, I went straight through it a second time and made different decisions because I wanted to experience their impact on the story. The portrayal of Sarah's feelings and fears touched me and reminded me of my own insecurities growing up and dealing with people socially. The gameplay is quite simple, but sometimes it is difficult "to find the right words". I really liked the graphic style and the in-game-messenger fueled my nostalgia.

Great game, so much better than I was expecting. All the jumping gets rather annoying, but that's my only qualm with the game. The idea is creative and interesting, the characters are all well written, with their own, distinct personalities, motivations, etc, and the graphics are adorable. The game does a really good job of ensuring a smooth, high-quality story across whatever choices you make, even though this can change the story and ending dramatically. I absolutely adore this game.

Also, I was way too amused by intentionally choosing the wrong words to send to friends in chat. Good stuff.

It's a nice and cute game in general and in the end, but I didn't like it much. Probably, it's just not for me. I was literally waiting for it to end even though it is quite short. I guess I had some expectations about this game after watching the trailers, but it turned out to be not what I had expected.

Pretty fun, short game with interesting story paths. I absolutley adore the style of the game and the characters in them. My only complaint is the game mechanic. Jumping is pretty annoying after a while. SInce the game is so short it is fine though. Also love how you can change the looks of so many things! Super creative! I understand that there is a ton of coding and artwork in there but 15 bucks feels still a bit hefty to me. So I reccomend getting this when it goes on sale :)

I had no idea what I was getting into when I booted this up, and I am happily surprised by how fun it was! Loved the puns and wordplay, and the controls and just how the game plays is something I've never seen before. Love that you can "create your own character" throughout the story, that the choices "matter". Definitely re-playable for the achievements!