Evan's Remains

Evan's Remains

Released Jun 2020

Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.

87% positive · 2,131 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Evan's Remains launched on June 11, 2020 as a self-contained mystery-thriller puzzle adventure with a complete narrative. The only post-launch activity was a localization and bug-fix patch on July 9, 2020 (adding Chinese language support), and a soundtrack DLC released on June 13, 2020. There are no unreleased DLC, no developer announcements of planned future content, and no further developer communications after July 2020. The store description describes a fully realized story with a beginning and end. The game shipped as a finished product, and all available evidence points to development having concluded at launch.
Evidence
Game launched on June 11, 2020 with a simple release announcement.
news post · Jun 11, 2020 source content shipped
high
Chinese language support added along with bug fixes and tweaks. This is the last recorded developer communication.
news post · Jul 9, 2020 source development ending
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Whitethorn Games
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Evan's Remains is a mystery-thriller puzzle adventure about finding a missing boy: Evan. The game combines logic-based platform puzzles with narrative inspired by Japanese graphic adventure games.

Gameplay:

Every time the player solves from two to three puzzles, the story goes forward and new mechanics are introduced. The challenge of the puzzles lies in the player’s ability to figure out what do rather than solve challenges based on skill. As the difficulty curve increases, the puzzles become more complex by combining two or more previously introduced mechanics.

Story:

Evan, the genius boy, has been missing for years. One day, a letter signed by him is received, claiming he’s on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Nobody knows why, but he asked specifically for a girl named “Dysis” to go and look for him. The player will take control of this girl, who we don’t know much about. As we follow Dysis’s adventure, questions will start to be answered little by little. All of the little puzzle pieces which seemed unrelated in the beginning will now begin to slowly fit together as the truth is slowly revealed.

Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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