What Never Was on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 4,936 reviews of which 4,679 were positive and 257 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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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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What Never Was
9.1
4,679
257
Online players
0
Developer
Acke Hallgren
Publisher
Acke Hallgren
Release 11 Jan 2019
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