What Remains of Edith Finch

such a beautiful game. i first played this as a young teenager and replaying it now as an adult made me understand it and see on a new deeper level. everyone should play this game, the story is so rich and the details are CRAZY. i feel like i inspected almost every nook and cranny of this peculiar house but im sure ill revisit in the upcoming years and find tons of new secrets about the finch family.

There's so much to say about this game but at the same time, there doesn't seem to be the right words that will do it justice. This game was incredible. Each story is it's own individual masterpiece and artistic style that makes you feel excited to see what the next one will be. It's beautiful, mysterious, sad and leaves you with tears in your eyes and wishing for more.
I bought it on sale, but it's definitely worth paying full price for.
I absolutely loved this game.

Totally recommend to play.
Interesting and amazing stories. The music allows you to dive into each story and feel what the character was feeling. Simple gameplay, but addictive.
It was sad, but I'd love to go through it again.

cute experience, i was amazed by the precision of the developers in placing the on screen dialogues exaclty where i was about to look! very neat
also the game, maxed out at 4k, looks surprisingly good

This game is like going back into your childhood. Into a world we once knew, before the internet and massive social engineering. The house feels like you lived there before and each room is cozy and full of nostalgia. It really showed something I knew deep down which is the importance of honouring our ancestors and by remembering them we keep their memory alive. GOD tier storytelling and soundtrack. I have never stood back and appreciated such beauty in a game since Skyrim. Cheers

An emotionally riveting game, some might not appreciate that it could be considered a walking sim but the stories of each character are so immersive you can't help yourself but want to 100% the game.

This is such an incredible story. I've played a lot of games in my 30 years of gaming. And this is now very dear to my heart. It's an artistic masterpiece. I suggest going in blind. Don't read any reviews or watch any videos. Just let the experience speak for itself. You're in for a ride. Wish I could play it again for the first time. These types of things don't come around very often.

The people who made this game are incredibly talented and poured their souls into it. One of the best games I've ever had the privilege of playing.

Thank you so much. I learned a lot from this. <3

Even if you don't find the story captivating. The game makes it VERY MEMORABLE. The way some sections like Barbara, Gregory, Lewis play out are straight up phenomenal. Hearing the halloween theme is also a cherry on top lol.
Although the game is short but you can't make this game 10 hours without breaking the atmosphere.
Just make sure to look around. The finch house is a nice place to look at.

This game is an absolute experience of a video game start to finish, and such a creative way to tell a story. I won't say anymore as it's best you go in blind, but if you want an emotional ride that will truly make you feel something and have a couple hours to play it then I'd recommend playing it all in one sitting.

I don't have a lot of words for this game.... It made me FEEL, and there really isn't a good way to describe how it made me feel. It wasn't long but it felt like I spent a lifetime with the finch family, please give this a play you won't regret how valuable this game is. I don't think my words could ever describe it but it punched really deep for me.

thank you

A great story-driven game with a very eerie sound setting. You play as the character who is out there to find answers regarding her lost family members.
Great sound design, especially those eerie cracking sounds from the wooden floor and winds gushing against your windows. Beautiful game nonetheless.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☑ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
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☐ 6
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☐ 10

Unbelievable storytelling in the most compelling and captivating way possible. This game is worth it if you want to learn a little something about reality and the road everyone travels on.

This was such a gorgeous game! It was so interesting just to vibe with this messed up family while secrets are uncovered. There's so many ways you can interpret the story and for that I love it! 100% recommend

Second time playing this game and it hit even harder this time. Creative and beautiful story telling depicting one of life's saddest certainties in a way that helps us come to terms with loss. I will play this over and over for years to come. Profoundly moving, bravo <3

I'm normally given over to writing a lot, mostly for my own amusement. This experience--it is not a game--does not need it. What Remains of Edith Finch is not a long experience, and it doesn't need to be. Like this review. Unqualified thumbs up.

There's a discussion about video games and art. Some are more on the game side, and this is very art and not at all a game. It tells a story. It experiments with presentation. It leaves a lot unanswered. Fill in your own blanks if you want.

I thought it was beautiful as a visual experience, and as a story, I was powerfully moved by it. I'll be there with my wife if she elects to play it. There'll be a lot to talk about.

A masterpiece of storytelling.

One of the most creative and original games I've played. Everyone should play this game! The fish part is brilliant!

There are countless people smarter and better spoken than me that haven't been able to truly capture the feeling this game gave me, and so I won't try. However, I still must write this review to prove that I played the game and hopefully make my friends try it out as well.

The concept of death is horrifying yet what makes life itself so beautiful, grief is something that is also everything, and family legacy is yada yada; What Remains of Edith Finch is not a game where you walk around an empty map and a story is thrown like slop on your plate for you to guzzle down like a mindless zombie. It is a 2-hour long experience to try learn about a family which makes you reflect on your own story and think what you want it to be, or can even really write it yourself at all? And is that even a bad thing? I'm not sure tbh

I really liked Lewis' section

I have replayed this game a million times, and it still never fails to surprise me how beautiful it is. Its sad, funny, emotional and well created. What remains of Edith Finch will forever hold a special place in my heart :,)

One of my all Time favorites.
Its a bitter sweet story about coming back 'home' after everyone else is already gone, off looking back at memories as well as discovering new things. You explore the childhood home of the protagonist, while slowly uncovering whats happened to her family, combining her memories as a child with her discoveries now as an adult, entering rooms she was never before allowed to. Its a combination of exploring the house and its collection of sometimes unusual rooms and Minigames unfolding more of the story.
What Remains of Edith Finch isnt an extraordinary long game, but it is packed full of emotions and loving details, that leaves you longing to explore more and more until you've discovered every secret not only about Edith, but the whole Finch-Family.

I've always loved this game and its lore in its entirety. Watching theory videos and playthroughs is fun and all, but actually getting to buy the game and run through the story myself at my own pace was heartwarming for me to be quite honest. I 1000% recommend this game if you are into short story games I suppose. Unlocking all the achievements, and the cool feature to go back and replay specific characters' story was a nice touch for me. I'll most likely revisit this game many times in the future and replay the story-line every time I get the craving.

The tears are falling of their own accord. Life is Strange-levels of emotion in this little game. The interactive games in different styles for each family member keep the stories fresh and fun. The music is subtle but works well with every scene. It's clever, it's witty, it's emotional, it's engaging, it's mysterious. I will be remembering this for a while. Thank you team.

I remember watching a playthrough of this back when it came out, but all I remembered from it was Gregory's story. I was pretty young and my niece was very little at the time, so it hit me the hardest and stuck with me ever since then. :')

Anyways, getting around to actually playing it all these years later was absolutely worth it. All of it hit me just as hard if not even harder with deeper understanding, and I love a game that can make me cry. It's a wonderful exploration of the pain of grief, the fragility of life and of a deeply ironic self-fulfilling prophecy. Short and not-so-sweet.

If you're looking to be sad and think on things for awhile, this'll do the trick; definitely worth picking up on a sale.

Edith Finch, I thought she is Bertrand Russell’s fourth wife.
Nope.
It’s a 2–3-hour long game that explains the death of 12 Finch family members, because of bad parenting, reckless decision making, and unfortunate tragic circumstances. Finch is a Norwegian American family that built its family cemetery first, even before their new house – only one within a generation gets to live.
According to the development team, they got a bunch of brilliant mini game ideas and was going to make it a scenario that is similar to The Canterbury Tales. Basically puzzled up those ideas together into a family tree, then mapped out the whole story.
That explains why there are tons of very creative ideas in this game. However, the whole emotion is sad and depressed. Can’t it be designed with a happy game setting like It Takes Two? Big rich families have mental health issues, and their kids die young. What a tragedy!
To name a couple of brilliant game-plays - Barbara’s story was told within comic book pages, and Lewis’ fantasy world amazed my multiple times regards to its storytelling and keyboard controls.
Soon or later, there will be another studio picking up one or two cool game ideas out of this game and make it into a new jolly happy game.

Hello! I'm not really one to play story games or slow paced adventures, but a friend recommended this to me and it was on sale so I bought it. At the time I really did not know what I was in for and I'm so grateful to have stumbled across this.
I found this game to be extremely touching and had my heart bleeding the whole time. The incredible tender and breathtaking storytelling of this game reduced me to tears and grins. It's strange how a game can change the way you look at life.
I would highly recommend you purchase this game, free up 2 hours (it took me 2 hours), and dive right in without any other knowledge.
Have a lovely day!

Masterpiece of a game that tells a captivating and touching story of Edith Finch and her family members. Nothing much can be said, it is a game that you will truly experience only once and it will stay with you forever.

What a wonderful story! It's not as sad to make you cry, but when you finish it, you will be left with this empty feeling in your chest. 10/10 absolutely recommend if you want to buy it on a sale. You can finish the whole story in 2 hours.

Although it was sad, I loved the storytelling. The details especially within the house were amazing. Wish it lasted a little bit longer but overall I enjoyed it.

This game truly showed the aspects of how difficult it could be to live a normal life. We saw how people lost their life and how the family has been torn apart. My best friend watched me playing this game, while he talked with me. And we both were extremely close to break down in tears. It is such a great game, I really recommend it, but you gotta be ready for some extremely sad elements and have an tissue ready to catch some tears.. Great game <3.

I was shookt and a little spooked guys. I've been eyeing this game for a long time and I'm glad I decided to play it blind.

Story-wise I think this game is beautifully written...
In terms of gameplay it's more than just storytelling and exploration- the various mechanics and art style offered a very unique and creative experience imo

What a story, curious, sad, and full of so many emotions. I'm sure this experience will stay with me for a long time. And I loved the connection to The Unfinished Swan.

Outstanding game. Just amazing. Truly touching. A+

This game is the reason why "walking simulator" doesn't work as an insult. Yes, you mostly walk around, but it is such an imaginitive world and the story/stories that are being told really hit you.

Rating: 10/10.
I cried.
I'm not a professional critic or whatever, but this may genuinely be the most beautiful story I've ever experienced. The entire presentation is just wonderful.
I played this game on a very mediocre laptop, but it still ran well. While it may not have any *interesting* mechanics outside of the stories, it doesn't need to be. Every mechanic it needs is already there. All you have to do is walk ant interact.
It's the most impactful game I've ever played. The entire game can he described in one sentence. "You are a 17 teen year old revisiting your childhood after your mom passes away, and you're unraveling your family's secrets." It's not a bad thing that you can describe it in one sentence, it's quite a good thing. It's only a two hour game, but it's more impactful than any movie I've watched.
A reviewer said something along the lines of "why not just watch someone stream it?". It's so *you* can experience it. There is a difference between experiencing and watching a YouTuber play it.

SPOILERS:
||The most impactful stories to me are Lewis' and Walter's.||
||Lewis is the final death you get to experience. Lewis was a cannery worker. After stopping substance abuse, he realizes the mundaneness of his day to day life and his mind begins to wander. You play as both the real Lewis and the imagination. At the very end of his story, you go up to be crowned king by the prince/princess of your choosing. As you place your head down, you get beheaded. Lewis committed suicide. This is all described by his therapist to Lewis' mother in a note, and even she can understand why he did it.||
||Walter's was also very impactful for a kind of similar reason to Lewis'. After witnessing the death of his sister Barbara, he became a shut in, living under the house. As the years go by of him staying in the basement, he gets used to the train, thinking it's the physical manifestation of the family's curse. One day, the train stops coming. After a week, he decides he's going to leave the basement. He breaks down the wall and walks along the train track, and the train comes, killing him.||

If you're looking for a good story driven game or need a break from your competitive games, you should definitely give this title a shot.

The game does a brilliant job in taking you through a rollercoaster of emotions. I love that a lot of stories and the whole premise of the game is open to interpretations to a great degree.

Loved the visuals & creative way of storytelling.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☑ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

Sometimes bittersweet, sometimes creepy and always very sad... This game is not really "fun" because of that but quite beautiful and very well made. If you enjoy family stories and don't mind the sadness, give it a try!

Profound, enchanting journey through the story of a family.
The story as a whole may or may not reach you in a direct and sentimental way but each character segment is so well crafted and conceptually original that these alone make the game absolutely worth playing in my opinion. I feel like a special mention goes also to the design of the house you explore, the developers took great care in crafting a house that feels... frighteningly real.

I wish I had played this game sooner instead of letting it sit in my library for so many years.

My only complaint is that the scene setting clearly has some flaws, there is a bowl on the dining table and when I looked closely there were maggots inside, despite that the house has been abandoned for over a decade. It instantly broke the immersion for me.

I feel like this game has a lot more behind it then it seems at first, the story is deeply meaningful and touching. Even tho it's such a short game i think it will make you just sit and think for awhile.

Took me about 2 hours to complete the story without the achievements. It's a beautiful and very well realized piece of art. This is how every game should be, thinking about feelings and try to convey messages. Not trying to make numbers.

I highly recommend.

10/10

This is still one of my favorite games of all time. The Story telling of the characters really got me. Even after all these years this game still makes me emotional as hell. Love it.

I've heard many great things about What Remains of Edith Finch, which didn't disappoint me. The storytelling is done in unique ways and each story is interesting. My favorite story out of them all was Lewis. I recommend this game to anyone who wants a good story but be warned there are dark themes.

Wow, just wow.

After a long day, I picked this game up because it seemed like a short narrative that could be played through in one sitting, in around two hours. Well, joke's on me, because I now can't sleep because I keep thinking about what I just experienced.

I am just blown away.

The story itself is not revolutionary, nor the genre: I have played through a few similar games in the past. But everything is just fine-tuned to perfection. The narrative is fluid, the game design is impeccable, the game progresses in an intuitive manner, always bringing you to the next thread, making you think, and giving you just enough to make you want to keep going, to find out more.

It's a perfect example of why games are a unique media of art, as the storytelling is so powerful that could not be told as well in any other way. It speaks so much, but not only through the (beautiful) narrative. It tells you a lot more through the decor, the many details you can pick up on, the metaphors that you do not immediately realize to be there. It hits that perfect balance where it's intelligent without being unaccessible and it lets the player construct their own understanding with the cues they pick.

While you slowly plunge into the narrative, you get more and more involved, while also learning not to always take the story at face value. The game is inspired by One Hundred Years of Solitude and it shows. It's at times fantastical since it's always told through the characters' perspective. It makes for a very rich experience.

It's bound to leave you emotional, but not only because the story of the Finch family. It reminds you of the beauty and tragedy of life: everything is bound to end, and this brings pain, but yet we carry on and with each new generation, there is new hope. I also think that, for this reason, this game might touch you even more if you're a parent or have children in your life.

It's not only one of the best games I've ever played, but also one of the most enthralling stories I've ever experienced, rivaling the best books, I've read, movies I've watched or art I've seen. That said, it's not for everyone, but if you're into powerful, emotional narratives, and enjoy magical realism, this is an absolute must play.

I consider this game a statement to those who disregard the storytelling capabilities of this medium. It is a rare gem that ventures slightly off the beaten track to deliver a bittersweet and thought provoking narrative that you think about long after you're done with the game.
The music, the art, the narration, the game play and of course, the story combine to take the player over a immersive journey that you can expect from very few other forms of media.

Great game with some sad stories along the way. can we have some more please

Just saw this on my library, a while after last playing it and just thinking of the game makes me depressed. 10/10 2 hour adventure, just play it.

This is easily one of the best "walking simulators" ever made. It's also one of the darkest. Don't read up on the plot or anything--going into it blind is the best way to experience it--but keep in mind that, while it's not violent or scary, it does get very unsettling.

Well, this will be kinda short.

This game is more than anything, an experience. Not a very drawn out long one, but a short voyage through the life and death of a family. Its not a happy lollygaging or a happy ending thing. Its just a family trying to go on, some keep going, others... not so.

It made me think about life itself, and what we truly mean to each other. When finished the game, I was in tears, for both the beautiful story and for things I've gone through that still hurt today. Life is strange.

There is so much I would have changed... but, we cant do much about what is gone. There are things that never go back.


Rest in peace Sis and Nana, you may be gone, but you will always be with me. May we ever meet again.

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Thanks guys, be well and be safe.

for me ,the most impressive stories about finch family is lewis (i wish i dont spell it wrong).It reminds me something about you and me, and mostly it is about you .before i play this game , i ve heard an explain of delusion and fancy ,they say if someone went through a bad experience ,especially when it happened in childhood , the guy is easy to have magically huge imagination, it is a kind of protect, to imagine something warm and beautiful to escape from the reality .