The Yawhg
The Yawhg is a one-to-four-player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town's locals lead their lives in the meanwhile…
The Yawhg is an adventure developed by Damian Sommer, released 30 May 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 48 min to finish.
What The Yawhg is
The Yawhg is an adventure game developed by Damian Sommer and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Yawhg is a one-to-four-player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town's locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives? The fate of a community hinges on the characters' actions, and the decisions of their players.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and horror. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
The Yawhg holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 48 min.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
The Yawhg launched on 30 May 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Yawhg yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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