Letters - a written adventure

Adventure· Choices Matter· Hand-drawn· Female Protagonist

Released Feb 2022

Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.

89% positive · 295 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to buy

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Evaluation

Letters - a written adventure launched on February 9, 2022 as a complete, self-contained narrative game. The only DLC ever listed — an artbook and a soundtrack — both released on the same day as the game itself, functioning as launch-day extras rather than post-launch content additions. After launch, the developer published one small bug-fix patch on February 22, 2022 to address typos and minor gameplay issues, and that appears to be the extent of post-launch activity. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no developer announcements of planned future content, no roadmap, and no sustained pattern of post-launch updates. The developer has not communicated any intention to add further content. This is a narrative indie adventure that shipped as a finished product, and the evidence consistently points to it having been complete from day one.

Evidence

Game launched on Steam on February 9, 2022 as a complete narrative adventure.

news post · Feb 9, 2022 source content shipped

high

Artbook DLC released on the same day as the base game — a launch-day extra, not a post-launch content addition.

dlc listing · Feb 9, 2022 source content shipped

medium

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

Letters - Artbook DLC

Feb 2022

Released

Letters - a written adventure Soundtrack

Feb 2022

Media

Details

Developer

5am Games GmbH

Publisher

5am Games GmbH

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Choices Matter Hand-drawn Female Protagonist Multiple Endings Colorful Cute Story Rich Funny Family Friendly Word Game Dynamic Narration Puzzle Platformer Atmospheric Adventure Indie

About this game

Handwritten nostalgia

Journey back to the 90s and move through beautifully hand-drawn letters, as you follow the life of Sarah. Learn more about her friends, nerdy obsessions or why she has the most annoying sister ever.

Then go digital as Sarah grows older. Revel in the nostalgic pixel world of the early 2000s internet while navigating all the drama, anxiety and joys of teenagehood.

Shape your future

Watch Sarah grow up and make decisions that will change how her life will turn out as an adult (no pressure). Take revenge on your sister, play video games all day or fall in love. It’s all up to you.

Don’t like the outcome? Just go ahead and rewrite her story. (See? we told you, no pressure.)

Power of words

In a world made from paper and computers, words matter. So use them to change drawings that block your way, help friendly characters and interact with Sarah's friends.

Finding the right words is hard sometimes. Especially for shy people like Sarah. So help her by breaking them apart and creating new ones for her to use instead.

Playfully wholesome

Letters is a cozy, often funny, sometimes sad game about friendship, growing up and finding your way in life. Explore Sarah’s colorful world and use the power of words to change her life!

Or… just stack cats or something.