Over the Alps

Adventure· Indie· Story Rich· Choices Matter

Released Mar 2020

A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.

89% positive · 249 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $7.99

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Evaluation

Over the Alps originally launched on March 31, 2020 by Stave Studios and received two free post-launch content updates: the "King of the Mountain" story expansion (June 12, 2020) and the "A Test of Character" gameplay overhaul (November 27, 2020). The game was always planned as a trilogy of stories, but the original studio (Stave Studios) closed before the third chapter, "The Devil's Quill," could be completed for Steam. On June 18, 2026, Tributary Games — a studio co-founded by several Stave Studios alumni — announced they had taken over as custodians of Over the Alps. They issued a technical update to the Steam version (fixing bugs, updating the Unity engine, and unlocking previously impossible achievements), and simultaneously released "The Devil's Quill" as a free web-based experience on itch.io. This final chapter completes the trilogy with a newly written 42,000-word conclusion by Harry Tuffs. In that same June 18, 2026 post, the studio explicitly described this as "closing the book" on Over the Alps, framing The Devil's Quill as the conclusion fans had been waiting for. The developer's language — "closing the third and final chapter" — makes clear this is the end of the content cycle. The game's content is now complete across both the Steam version and the free web chapter.

Evidence

Tributary Games announces they are now custodians of Over the Alps following Stave Studios' closure. They issued a technical update to the Steam version and released the long-awaited third chapter, 'The Devil's Quill,' for free on itch.io. The post explicitly describes this as 'closing the third and final chapter' and 'closing the book on this one,' signalling the end of the game's content development.

news post · Jun 18, 2026 source development ending

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A Test of Character update released, adding 10,000+ words of content, a new Complications mechanic, and a rework of the police pursuit system.

news post · Nov 27, 2020 source content shipped

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Media

Details

Developer

Stave Studios

Publisher

Tributary Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Story Rich Choices Matter Adventure Indie Choose Your Own Adventure World War II Multiple Endings Interactive Fiction Great Soundtrack Text-Based Replay Value Visual Novel RPG Thriller 2D

About this game

Uncover a secret history in OVER THE ALPS, the singleplayer narrative game made by Stave Studios and kept alive by custodians Tributary Games.

Go undercover, evade the police, and watch out for an unreasonable amount of goats high in the Swiss Alps. Your only line home is a postcard, written in invisible ink and sent back to your handler.

Featuring two thrilling stories from the pens of Jon Ingold (80 DAYS, OVERBOARD!) and Harry Tuffs (KING OF THE CASTLE, HOUSE OF MANY DOORS), which will see you step back in time to WWII Switzerland's awe-inspiring Alpine countryside, inspired by vintage travel posters, to complete your mission.

From a team with a pedigree of experience (FAILBETTER GAMES, INKLE STUDIOS), OVER THE ALPS tells a sweeping story with over 102,000 words and more than 2,600 choices.

OVER THE ALPS also is available in 15 languages including Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), German, Russian, French and Arabic, and includes controller support.

Key Features

A Truly Branching Narrative: Discover replayable stories that change as you make decisions, with multiple endings and secret stamps to be discovered.

Stunning Vistas to Explore: Inspired by vintage travel posters, discover sweeping landscapes of beautifully-rendered Swiss scenery.

A Race Against the Law: The police are hot on your heels. Stay on the move to remain one step ahead of the law!

Stay Undercover: Plunge into the treacherous world of pre-war espionage. Meet, befriend, and double-cross a colourful cast of characters, where telling friend from foe is never simple.

To join fellow stamp collecting, postcard writing and Nazi walloping spies, join the Tributary Discord (see top right)