Discount Highlights for Steam's Storyteller Festival!

The Storyteller Festival is a current third-party event happening on Steam! There are over 400 games — all narrative-focused — currently available to check out, either at a discount or with a demo. Here's a list of highlighted deals, and for ease of access, I've added the Steam links to the titles! 

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition — 80%

• Developer: Owlcat Games
• Publisher: META Publishing, Owlcat Games
• Genres: Turn-Based Combat, Adventure

Owlcat Games brings a new RPG adventure in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous! Climb your way to become a Mythic Hero while grappling with good and evil to really learn the cost of power.

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin — 80%

• Developer: Pendulo Studios, YS Interactive
• Publisher: Microids
• Genres: Detective

in BLACKSAD: Under the Skin, players will explore the corruption in the heart of New York City's underworld through the charismatic detective, John Blacksad!

Please Be Happy — 33%

• Developer: Studio Élan
• Publisher: Studio Élan, Studio Elan
• Genres: LGBTQ+
• Demo available.

Please Be Happy is a slice-of-life comedic visual novel that's set in a fictional version of Wellington, New Zealand! In it, players will step into Miho's shoes — a mix of fox and human who holds dear the memories of a traveler who showed her kindness.

Crow Country — 22%

• Developer: SFB Games
• Publisher: SFB Games
• Genres: Horror, Retro
• Demo available.

It's the year 1990, and it's been two years since Edward Crow mysteriously disappeared and Crow Country — his theme park — was closed. If you want answers, you'll need to venture deep into the darkness.

VIDEOVERSE — 30%

• Developer: Kinmoku
• Publisher: Kinmoku
• Genres: Adventure

Go back to the days of the early internet and explore a fictional videogame era, where the Kinmoku Shark gaming system and its online social network — Videoverse — are still popular.

Spirit City: Lofi Sessions — 30%

• Developer: Mooncube Games
• Publisher: Mooncube Games
• Genres: Cosy, Utility

One of my personal favourite games (or productivity tool, depending on how you want to look at it), Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is an easy recommendation to check out. Set your mood through various sound scapes, decorate your room and Avatar, choose your companion Spirit, and get ready to focus in this unique gamified focus tool!

Bloomtown: A Different Story — 33%

• Developer: Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games
• Publisher: Twin Sails Interactive
• Genres: RPG, Turn-Based Combat
• Demo available.

Bloomtown: A Different Story mixes narrative RPG with turn-based combat and monster taming whilst also keeping in mind the social aspects. So, step into America in the 1960s as Emily and try to save the town from demonic creatures living inside the residents' hearts alongside her friends!

Roadwarden — 60%

• Developer: Moral Anxiety Studio
• Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
• Genres: Text-Based, RPG
• Demo available.

In Roadwarden, you'll explore an illustrated text-based RPG adventure with mechanics inspired by RPGs, visual novels, and interactive fiction!

Amelie — 60%

• Developer: Two and a Half Studios
• Publisher: Two and a Half Studios
• Genres: LGBTQ+, Female Protagonist

Amelie is a psychological mystery yuri (lesbian) visual novel where players get to play as the titular girl, who can't leave her house and patiently waits for her long-time-penpal Sofia to arrive!

The Hayseed Knight — 30%

• Developer: Maxi Molina (MaxiMJdev)
• Publisher: Maxi Molina (MaxiMJdev)
• Genres: Funny
• Demo available.

Experience a fully voice-acted adventure as a one-eyed farmboy who happens to stumble into fame! This comedic story offers tons of charming characters to meet.

Old Man's Journey — 66%

 

• Developer: Broken Rules
• Publisher: Broken Rules
• Genres: Puzzle, Emotional

In Old Man's Journey, players will experience a soul-searching puzzle adventure that explores themes of loss, life, and hope through a sunkissed world.

GOODBYE WORLD — 30%

• Developer: YO FUJI
• Publisher: Flyhigh Works, IndieArk
• Genres: Puzzle, Adventure

GOODBYE WORLD offers 12 stages of a puzzle platformer through two protagonists and a total of 13 chapters of their story!

Return to Monkey Island — 50%

• Developer: Terrible Toybox
• Publisher: Devolver Digital
• Genres: Point & Click, Comedy

The beloved Monkey Island franchise — based on the series by Ron Gilbert — made a return! Experience the legendary adventures, the comedy, and the point-and-click adventure.

Boyfriend Dungeon — 60%

• Developer: Kitfox Games
• Publisher: Kitfox Games
• Genres: LGBTQ+, Comedy

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your weapons were attractive and dateable? Well, Boyfriend Dungeon offers the chance to find out! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms in this colourful dungeon crawler!

Bear's Restaurant — 30%

• Developer: Odencat
• Publisher: Odencat
• Genres: Story Rich

Bear's Restaurant dives into love, loss, and fine dining through the eyes of a cat. Explore this pixelated world that offers even more content than before!

Do Not Feed the Monkeys — 80%

• Developer: Fictiorama Studios
• Publisher: Alawar
• Genres: Point & Click, Political Sim

Watch strangers through different surveillance cameras, invade their privacy, and be there for their most intimate moments... but remember not to interact with them. After all, who knows what would happen if you feed the monkeys?

Whimel Academy — 20%

• Developer: Impossible Home
• Publisher: Impossible Home
• Genres: Cosy, Time Management

Become a witch/wizard student and live your day-to-day life in Whimel Academy — a cosy, time-management dating simulator perfect for fans of magic academia! Study magic, decorate your room, and befriend — or romance — others.

BOOK OF HOURS — 40%

• Developer: Weather Factory
• Publisher: Weather Factory
• Genres: RPG

Help a crumbling occult library get back to its feet in BOOK OF HOURS, a narrative crafting RPG set in an alternate 1930s. Build up a famous collection of grimoires and arcana, master invisible arts, and discover the secrets hidden in history!

start;again — 60%

• Developer: Two and a Half Studios
• Publisher: Two and a Half Studios
• Genres: LGBTQ+, Mystery

In start;again, players unfold a BL/yaoi (gay) story as a man named Sebastian when he's forced into a game of life and death alongside three others. Uncover the answer to many questions, such as who put him there and — possibly more importantly — who can he trust?

Please, Touch The Artwork — 50%

Developer: Thomas Waterzooi
Publisher: Thomas Waterzooi
Genres: Wholesome, Puzzle

Please, Touch The Artwork is a cosy puzzler that'll keep you busy recreating paintings by applying lines in specific order. Play through different mazes, collect letters of a poem, and help two sweethearts find a way to each other! In total, there are 160+ paintings, with about three to four hours of gameplay and a relaxing soundtrack.

Blue Wednesday — 60%

• Developer: Buff Studio
• Publisher: Buff Studio
• Genres: Relaxing, 2D

Players will find a relaxing adventure focused on music in Blue Wednesday as they explore a vibrant city, meet all sorts of characters, collect & play music, and play mini-games!

No Umbrellas Allowed — 30%

• Developer: Hoochoo Game Studios
• Publisher: Hoochoo Game Studios
• Genres: Strategy

Run a shop and get into tugs-of-war with customers as you keep an eye out for the true value of the items being traded to become an expert appraiser!

Storyteller — 34%

• Developer: Daniel Benmergui
• Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
• Genres: Puzzle

Build your own stories in Storyteller — a puzzle adventure where you choose everything from a title and setting to characters to fit a certain description! Experience stories of love, crime, monsters, intrigue, betrayal, and more!