The Fernweh Saga: Book One is an indie developed by Hosted Games, released 5 January 2023 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Fernweh Saga: Book One is
The Fernweh Saga: Book One is an indie game developed by Hosted Games and released in 2023. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on ChoiceScript.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Some homecomings feel more like rude awakenings, but this one will become a waking nightmare. Find love while exposing the secrets of your eerie hometown! The Fernweh Saga: Book One is a 600,000-word interactive, romantic thriller novel by Aelsa Trevelyan. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Return to a small town that you now feel a stranger in. It has been years since you were sent away following the tragic house fire that claimed your parents' lives, but the death of your grandfather has brought you back. While grim circumstances overshadow the visit you never planned on making, there are also…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery, romance and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Fernweh Saga: Book One launched on 5 January 2023, within three weeks of Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Hitman World of Assassination and Fire Emblem Engage.
Released around the same time: Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Hitman World of Assassination, Fire Emblem Engage.
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When did The Fernweh Saga: Book One come out?
The Fernweh Saga: Book One was released on 5 January 2023 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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