Only If

Only If

Released Jul 2014

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

61% positive · 5,961 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

Only If is a free-to-play, short-form surreal puzzle-adventure game that launched on Steam on July 25, 2014. The developer, Creability, described it at launch as a "little 8 min demo game" that unexpectedly gained attention — indicating it was always conceived as a compact, self-contained experience rather than a platform for ongoing content. Following launch, Creability issued a minor patch acknowledgment in August 2014 and announced a follow-up project in November 2014. By October 2016, the developer published a post explicitly framing Only If as a learning experience and something to "move on" from, while teasing a comeback with a new project. That new project, a separate game called V, shipped on Steam in July 2017. There has been no communication from the developer about Only If specifically since 2016, and no DLC, expansions, or post-launch content were ever released or announced for the game itself. The store description contains no references to planned updates. Only If launched as a finished, standalone product and has received no post-launch content additions. The developer's own words confirm the game was considered complete and superseded by newer work.
Evidence
Developer shipped a new, separate game (V) on Steam — confirming the studio moved on from Only If to a new project
news post · Jul 16, 2017 source development ending
high
Developer explicitly frames Only If as a past learning experience and states it's time to move on, signaling no further development on this title
news post · Oct 11, 2016 source development ending
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Creability
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

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18+, Suggestive themes, Excessive Language.

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. You play as Anthony Clyde, who, after a heavy night of partying, wakes up to find himself in an unfamiliar bed with no memory of the previous night's events. Unfortunately, escaping these unfamiliar, opulent surroundings will prove to be no easy task, as an unseen, menacing, radio-bound antagonist will stop at nothing to block Anthony's path at every turn.

The game's mechanics are designed to be experimental and unpredictable, to defy the logic of "What you see is what you get". Is the environment changing around you, or is it your imagination? Will jumping to your death kill you, or will it save you? Could the wrong answer actually turn out to be the right answer?

In Only If, you will fail a lot, you will die a lot, and you will undoubtedly be confused. Or will you?
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