How to Say Goodbye

How to Say Goodbye

Released Nov 2022

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

90% positive · 183 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $12.99
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Evaluation

How to Say Goodbye launched on November 3, 2022 as a self-contained narrative puzzle game. In the weeks following launch, the developer shipped a series of bug fix and quality-of-life patches, including improved saving and accessibility features. The developer then ran a community skin design event in April 2023, inviting players to submit designs for in-game cosmetic options. On April 25, 2023, they delivered on this promise with a free content update that added a new prequel story chapter ("Sendak's story," adapted from the original demo) along with the community-designed customization options. Since that April 2023 update, there have been no further developer communications specific to this game. The October 2023 post from publisher ARTE was a general anniversary sale announcement covering their entire catalogue, not a statement about new content for this title. The store description describes a fully self-contained experience with a defined chapter structure ("more than 15 chapters"), and there is no mention of ongoing content, DLC, or future updates. The game appears to have launched as a complete product and received one meaningful post-launch content addition in April 2023. With no subsequent developer communications about this title in over three years, no unreleased DLC listed, and no announced future content, the game is complete.
Evidence
Free content update released, adding new prequel story levels based on Sendak's story (adapted from the demo) and community-designed customization options.
news post · Apr 25, 2023 source content shipped
high
Community event announced to design in-game skins, with the top 3 to be added in an upcoming content update. This content was subsequently delivered in the April 25, 2023 update.
news post · Apr 3, 2023 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
ARTE France
Achievements
7
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

THE JOURNEY OF A LITTLE GHOST

How to say Goodbye tells the story of someone who has recently been turned into a ghost, lost in an unfamiliar world populated by disoriented spirits.

In this narrative puzzle game, move the decor to help the characters escape the liminal world in which they are lost. Help them on their quest to move on and escape from the grasp of a mysterious Wizard.

A PUZZLE GAME BASED ON WORLD MANIPULATION

Overcome tricky grid-based puzzles to lead the ghosts onward and travel through more than 15 chapters, from your kitchen to the moon.

Solve numerous conundrums in a universe inspired by illustration and great classics of children's literature (Tomi Ungerer, Tove Jansson, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Maurice Sendak...)

A STRONG AND UNIQUE THEME

  • A poignant puzzle game that deals with grief with kindness and subtlety

  • Save your friends before they disappear forever

  • Guide the ghosts out of the strange world in which they are trapped

  • Meet various characters, help them find peace and mourn their own death

  • Unveil the secret of the Wizard and the Spleens, the misguided spirits that haunt the other side

Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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