A Game About

A Game About

Released Nov 2018

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

90% positive · 900 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

A Game About is a free, short point-and-click game that launched on November 6, 2018 as a complete, self-contained experience — the developer describes it as a roughly ten-minute piece with no in-app purchases and no post-launch content planned. A bug fix was issued on November 25, 2018, and a voluntary donation DLC (which adds no game content) was added on January 21, 2019. On August 1, 2024, the developer posted an update explicitly moving on to a new project called Camille and Laura, thanking players and noting that A Game About remains one of the best things that ever happened to him. This communication makes clear that the developer considers A Game About a finished work and has shifted focus entirely to their next game. The game launched complete and has received no content updates in its lifetime.
Evidence
Developer announces they have moved on to a new game (Camille and Laura), referencing A Game About as a completed past work and their next project as their current priority
news post · Aug 1, 2024 source development ending
high
Game is described as a short (~10 minute) free experience with no IAPs, framed as a complete, self-contained piece
description · Nov 6, 2018 source development ending
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jan 2019

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
byolivierb
Achievements
5
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

A Game About is a short, lo-fi (!), slice-of-life (!!), experimental (!!!) piece that recreates the crushing weight of living through the simplest routine. It's also a comedy point & click game.

Playtime should be around ten minutes. Tears - that may or may not be happy tears - should happen around the eight minutes and a half mark. I guarantee* at least two (2) good chuckles from playing the game.

Features:
  • Free
  • No IAPs
  • Absolutely free
  • Beautiful hand-drawn graphics
  • Branching Path Story
  • Achievements!

*Not an actual guarantee.
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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