The Path

There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

The Path is a walking simulator, indie and horror game developed and published by Tale of Tales.
Released on March 18th 2009 is available on Windows and MacOS in 9 languages: English, Dutch, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 940 reviews of which 732 were positive and 208 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 8.49€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Path into these genres:

Walking Simulator Indie Horror Female Protagonist Exploration Adventure Surreal Experimental Atmospheric Singleplayer Gothic Dark Psychological Horror Story Rich Third Person Great Soundtrack Short Experience Psychological

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Requirements

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Windows

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista
Processor: 2 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 500 MB
Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)
Sound Card: Any Sound Card
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c

MacOS

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8
Processor: 2 Ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 500 MB
Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)
Sound Card: Any Sound Card

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

My Playthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSaca_DdPUc The Review A short surreal game. While this is a horror game their is no enemies or death scenes. The gameplay consist of walking around and picking up items. The only way to progress in the game is to find the "wolves" for each girl. Simple game with a complex narrative.

Oct. 2024

I played this when I was still in high school I will still randomly think of this game when confronted with art or games that make me feel similarly strange emotions. I found this game very comforting and unsettling at the same time, it draws you in in odd but enjoyable ways.. If I hadn't been able to find it again after years of not looking it up, I might've believed it was just some bizarre fake memory I gave myself as a teenager. I even remembered that I did a small art project on this in school, that's how much I enjoyed this back then! So as much as this can't really be described as a classic game, I want to thank the developers for letting me experience this back ten or so years ago.

Oct. 2024

If you're thinking about playing this game ever, you should do it sooner rather than later. The engine it's built on is so old that it's impossible for the developers to ever update, so it's doomed to eventually be completely unplayable as PCs progress past the ability to run it. I was able to get it running with minimal issues, and even if I did struggle, it would have been absolutely worth the time to me.

Sept. 2024

A surrealistic reimagination of the Little Red Riding Hood fable, as beautiful as it is creepy. This is one of the first games of the genre we now call "walking simulator", maybe THE first, predating Dear Esther by 3 years. A magnificent work of art and an important piece of videogames history, still as bewitching as it was when it first came out.

Sept. 2024

This “game” is not for everyone because it is a horror walking sim, as it says on steam. If you like that kind of thing, you've come to the right place. There's a lot to see and you can assemble the story on your own. Because of its age, the controls are a bit clunky and it feels slow. Personally, I would buy it on sale.

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Developer

Tale of Tales

Publisher

Tale of Tales

Release 18 Mar 2009

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