Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
All Reviews:
No user reviews
Release Date:
Sep 18, 2024
Developer:
Publisher:

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Buy Clare's Escape

 

About This Game

Based on first hand accounts from real-life English 'peasant poet' John Clare, this story follows his escape from an asylum and chronicles his 80 mile walk home. The adventure explores the fictions and misremembering that resulted from a troubled mind experiencing such an exhausting trek.

Explore


A short, narrative adventure / walking simulator that you can experience in around 1 hour!
In the visual style of classic RPGs with simple controls designed to be accessible for players of all skills and ages, you explore the landscape between London and Northborough in 1841. Encounter local people, engage them in branching dialogue, hear their stories and bump into figments of Clare's imagination.

Find Lost Pages


Throughout the journey you might discover 'lost papers' - torn pages from Clare's notebooks - featuring fragments of his poetry and writings.

Discover The 'True' Story


John Clare may be broken, unreliable narrator, but you can help him hold the pieces of his mind together and get him safely home.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 8/10/11
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970
    • Storage: 100 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
There are no reviews for this product

You can write your own review for this product to share your experience with the community. Use the area above the purchase buttons on this page to write your review.