The Death of Erin Myers
Released Apr 2019
Erin Myers is dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out as you step back into her life and uncover her darkest secrets.
80% positive · 150 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $1.99
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Evaluation
The Death of Erin Myers launched on April 26, 2019 as the first entry in Viperante's "Short Story Series" — a planned anthology of five standalone point-and-click adventure games. Crucially, each entry in this series is explicitly described as a self-contained, standalone experience with no dependency on other entries. This game is a complete, finished product on its own terms: it tells a full story in one to two hours and was never designed to receive post-launch updates or additional content.
The only developer communication after launch was a minor bug fix patch on May 3, 2019 (v1.01), correcting a display issue. There have been no further posts, roadmaps, DLC announcements, or developer statements of any kind since then. No DLC is listed for the game.
While the store description mentions that four additional games are planned for the anthology series, those are separate, standalone titles — not content updates or expansions to this game. This game shipped as a finished product and has been complete since its release date.
Evidence
The game is explicitly described as a standalone, self-contained story, one to two hours long, and the first in an anthology of five separate standalone games. Each entry is independent with no continuing storyline requiring future installments.
Only post-launch update was a minor bug fix (v1.01) correcting text display issues. No content updates, roadmaps, or future plans communicated.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Viperante
Achievements
5
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
The Death of Erin Myers is the FIRST installment in Viperante's Short Story Series, an anthology of FIVE standalone and self-contained point-and-click adventure games.
Erin Myers was a cop. Now she's dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out, as you step back in time, and play through some of the most important moments of her life. Uncover her fears, her desires, and her darkest secrets. In the end, you can't save her. But maybe, just maybe, you can understand her.
Short stories provide writers with a great way to explore specific ideas, themes, situations, and incidents, without the overhead of large plot structures or character arcs. And they allow readers to get right to the heart of the matter in question. Get up and close and personal with it. Really feel it.
We wanted to make games that captured that short story essence. We wanted to makes games that could easily be played in one sitting. But we wanted to make games that still felt like full games, and didn't feel incomplete. And we didn't want to make games in an on-going episodic series where you have to wait for the next release before you can continue the story and find out what happens next.
So, we created the Short Story Series, an anthology of five 1 to 2 hour long 1st person point-and-click adventure games.
Each game in the series is a unique standalone experience with a self-contained story, exploring a specific idea, character, or situation.
However, even though each game is standalone, all the games in the series share some common themes and mechanics. They will all explore certain dark, sometimes macabre, ideas. And they will all contain good old classic point and click adventure game puzzle solving.
Story
Erin Myers was a cop. Now she's dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out, as you step back in time, and play through some of the most important moments of her life. Uncover her fears, her desires, and her darkest secrets. In the end, you can't save her. But maybe, just maybe, you can understand her.
- 1280 x 720 screen resolution
- Standalone and self-contained story
- One to two hours long
- Character focused
- Inventory based puzzles
- 100% mouse controlled
The Short Story Series
Short stories provide writers with a great way to explore specific ideas, themes, situations, and incidents, without the overhead of large plot structures or character arcs. And they allow readers to get right to the heart of the matter in question. Get up and close and personal with it. Really feel it.
We wanted to make games that captured that short story essence. We wanted to makes games that could easily be played in one sitting. But we wanted to make games that still felt like full games, and didn't feel incomplete. And we didn't want to make games in an on-going episodic series where you have to wait for the next release before you can continue the story and find out what happens next.
So, we created the Short Story Series, an anthology of five 1 to 2 hour long 1st person point-and-click adventure games.
Each game in the series is a unique standalone experience with a self-contained story, exploring a specific idea, character, or situation.
However, even though each game is standalone, all the games in the series share some common themes and mechanics. They will all explore certain dark, sometimes macabre, ideas. And they will all contain good old classic point and click adventure game puzzle solving.
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