What Never Was

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.

What Never Was is a free to play, adventure and puzzle game developed and published by Acke Hallgren.
Released on January 11th 2019 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 4,902 reviews of which 4,651 were positive and 251 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified What Never Was into these genres:

Free to Play Adventure Puzzle Indie Story Rich Singleplayer First-Person Casual Mystery Exploration Female Protagonist Point & Click Atmospheric Short Relaxing Walking Simulator Investigation Fantasy Family Friendly Magic

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 64-bit (requires 64 bit OS)
Processor: Dual Core Processor, 2.5 GHz or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DX11 compatible video card
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 700 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.12.6
Graphics: Metal compatible graphics card

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 18.04
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 960 GTX or higher

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Free to play

9.1

4,651

251

Online players

Developer

Acke Hallgren

Publisher

Acke Hallgren

Release 11 Jan 2019

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