Someday You'll Return
Released May 2020 · delisted
How far would you go if your daughter never came back home? Someday You'll Return is a first-person 3D story-driven psychological horror game about a desperate search for a missing daughter deep in the woods where you swore you'd never return to.
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Evaluation
Someday You'll Return launched on May 5, 2020 and is no longer available for purchase on Steam — there are no purchase options currently listed. The game received a steady stream of patches and improvements throughout its first year, including a substantial autumn 2020 update (version 1.7.0s) that overhauled audio, added chapter saves, and addressed numerous bugs. The final recorded developer communication is a bug-fix patch from January 5, 2021. In a June 2020 news post, the developer outlined several aspirational future plans — additional language support, a soundtrack release, a "tourist mode," New Game+ content including a secret ending, and a console port — but these were explicitly contingent on the studio's financial survival ("our plans are entirely based upon the fact if we manage to keep going"). No subsequent posts confirmed that any of these plans were carried forward, and developer communications ceased entirely after January 2021. Because the game can no longer be purchased, the storefront status takes precedence over all other content considerations.
Evidence
Major autumn update v1.7.0s shipped: full audio overhaul with over 100 audio fixes, new music, and chapter saves feature added.
The game has no purchase options available — it cannot currently be bought on Steam.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
CBE software
Achievements
48
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
STORY
What would you do if your daughter never came home but you could track her down?
It’s not the first time she ran away. But you’re uneasy … this time feels so different. Long ago, you swore never to return here. And now, she has dragged you back. Your search leads deep into ancient Moravian forests and reveals secrets that should have stayed buried.
While your survival skills and quick wits might advance your search, malevolent forces rise up against you. There are nightmares you can’t fight and win. Some of them … could be yours.
Your character is Daniel, Stela’s father, who is forced by events to return to a place, he swore never to return. In the forest, he will encounter peculiar people who will help him understand the true reason why Stela keeps running away. Someday You’ll Return deals with intimate concepts of fatherhood, fears, lies, and refusal to accept one’s past. While the story contains strong horror elements it’s not always the most obvious monsters which are the most frightening.
The story itself spans over 13+ hours, depending on your playstyle.
GAMEPLAY
Someday You’ll Return brings new bold ideas to the horror genre
- Psychological horror - Uncover dark mysteries of the ancient Czech forest and face your deepest fears
- Unique Crafting system - Use your head and think when crafting some of the useful tools of survival
- Herbalism and alchemy system - Find rare herbs and brew your own potions that will help you survive the nightmarish world of Someday You’ll Return
- Exploration - Explore lush forests, deep caverns, and old castles to find your daughter’s lost journal pages, folk songs, and rare collectibles. With climbing and swimming, no secrets of the ancient forest are safe from you
- Karmic system - Reach one of five different endings based on your actions throughout the game
- Journal - Decypher your daughter’s journal and uncover the whole truth
- Real-life locations - Discover existing places recreated in the stunning graphics of the Unreal Engine 4 and scan QR codes to find their actual locations on a tourist map
SETTING
Someday You’ll Return takes place in the beautiful scenic areas of the Czech Republic. While they are not exact duplicates, we desired to capture the atmosphere of Bohemian nature. There are well-known landmarks placed within the world, which you can discover and which we've personally visited many times in our lives. You can even grab your backpack and hike there.
The referenced locations and mythos in the game are ancient. Some of the tales mentioned in Someday You’ll Return date back to the 9th century.
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Last evaluated Jul 22, 2026
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