In the middle of a blizzard, a community's remaining citizens are forced to confront their impending deaths. Every night, a villager is killed, and the survivors are forced to alter their course in response. Every game creates a new, randomized story just for you.
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Positive (15) - 80% of the 15 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Jun 14, 2017
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Reviews

“A well-written, gripping and ever-changing storyline propelled forward by a Majora's Mask-esque time crunch.”
Kotaku

“It hurts so good each time you play.”
Indie Game Riot

“One of the freshest RPGs I’ve seen in a long time.”
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About This Game

Vidar is Dying

In the middle of a blizzard, a community's remaining citizens are forced to confront their impending deaths. Every night, a villager is killed, and the survivors are forced to alter their course in response. Chart a path through always-changing, challenging environmental puzzles, and explore the stories and grief of these townsfolk before Vidar is lost forever.

A Random Story Every Time

In Vidar, every villager has heavily interdependent relationships with the others. When one person dies, everyone else’s stories change - if the blacksmith loses her apprentice, she’ll give you different quests; if the blacksmith loses her supplier, still different; and if she predeceases both, then those two will respond accordingly, etc. Because the order of deaths is random, the story and quests you receive will be different every time you play.

New Challenges to Overcome

To stop the killings you’ll need to enter a puzzle dungeon. Use your tools and your environment to help navigate to the center of the cave before everyone in town is dead. These puzzles are also randomly chosen from a bank of hundreds, so that when you come back to see a new story unfold, you’ll also face a new challenge.


Key Features

  • Explore themes of grief, community, nostalgia, loss
  • Quests, rewards, and story determined by who lives and who dies
  • Town events reflect the state of Vidar, as jobs go untended
  • Four unique puzzle biomes, each with new takes on classic mechanics

System Requirements

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel® Core i5 equivalent or faster processor
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 800 x 450 pixels or higher desktop resolution
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OS X 10.9
    • Processor: Intel® Core i5 equivalent or faster processor
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Radeon HD 2400 or comparable
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
    • Processor: Intel® Core i5 equivalent or faster processor
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Radeon HD 2400 or comparable
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM

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