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Emily is Away
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Recent Reviews:
Very Positive (104) - 91% of the 104 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
All Reviews:
Very Positive (31,625) - 88% of the 31,625 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Nov 20, 2015
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Kyle Seeley

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Recommended
By Good Indie Free Game Reviews July 4, 2018

“A deeply engaging experience: Do you remember the girl you loved and lost? Can you ever repair the past? Does Windows XP rule? Do you like Coldplay? Will she ever log on again? Can you ever win?”

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Includes 20 Steam Achievements
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Awards
Indiecade - Digital Selection
Boston FIG - Official Selection

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Reviews

“It's one of those rare games that completely stopped me in my tracks.”
Julie Muncy, Wired

“A story game in which you return to a realm time forgot: AOL Instant Messenger.”
Nathan Grayson, Kotaku

“It reminded me both of Digital: A Love Story and Catholic-guilt-simulator Catherine. Which are not bad games to be compared to.”
Brendan Caldwell, Rock Paper Shotgun

About This Game

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Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily is Away. Create a screenname and browse buddy infos in this chat-bot meets adventure game. Explore your relationship with Emily, a fellow high school student, in a branching narrative where you choose the outcome. And most importantly, change your text color to lime green so people know you're the coolest kid in school.

Features
  • Buddy icons, profiles and away messages.
  • A dialogue decision-based branching narrative.
  • Over an hour of nostalgia-inducing gameplay.
  • Five chapters spanning five years of the main characters life.
  • Computer sounds you hoped to never hear again!

System Requirements

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macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows XP Service Pack 2+
    • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or later
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
    • Processor: Intel
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
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