The Yawhg
Released Feb 2014
The Yawhg is a one-to-four player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town’s locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives?
82% positive · 1,457 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
The Yawhg launched on February 27, 2014 as a complete, self-contained choose-your-own-adventure experience. There are no DLC listings on the store. The store description presents the game as a finished product with a defined feature set — over 50 unique endings, a complete world, and a full soundtrack — with no mention of future updates or additional content. The only developer news post, from February 14, 2017, has the developer announcing they have moved on to form a new studio (The Gloam Collective) and are working on an entirely different game called Bravery Network. This confirms that The Yawhg is considered complete and the developer's focus has shifted elsewhere. There have been no updates of any kind since that 2017 announcement.
Evidence
Developer announces they have formed a new studio and are fully focused on a new game (Bravery Network), with no mention of any further work on The Yawhg.
Store description presents the game as a complete package with a fixed feature set, no mention of future content, updates, or DLC.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Damian Sommer
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
The Yawhg is a one-to-four player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town’s locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives? The fate of a community hinges on the characters’ actions, and the decisions of their players.
Features
- Stories which can be played alone, or with friends.
- A fully fleshed-out world, where actions can have dire consequences.
- A randomly generated story that's different every time you play.
- Gorgeous artwork by the award-winning Emily Carroll.
- Over 50 unique endings that can happen to every character.
- A haunting soundtrack by Ryan Roth, sound designer for Starseed Pilgrim.
- A s͎e̝̬̠̭ͅn̬͉̪͕͇s̜̝̮͔͈e͓͎̻̦̣͔͉͢ ̺̰̫͜o̧͚̹͉̰̬͍̲f̛̟͉͈̥̠́ ̢̙̫̖̙̱͠i̺̰͉̟͎͟͡m̺͈̟͚͜͡ͅp͘͝͏̝̲̲͚̤e̵͈n̸̙̮̺̥̩͖̩̤̙ḓ̤͖̀i̛͇̖̞̺̲͈̲̠͟n̸̡̜͜g̴̛̲͙̙̪̳͚͎̼̹͙̮̲̻͓̀͘͞ͅ ̵̷̢̙͍̣̖̭̪͚̻͎̤̞̙̖̰͕͕͞d͝͏̣̝̫̱̱̥̹͇̹̺̮̤͉ͅó̷̯͕̙͔͚͙̳̳̮̣͈͍͚̟̬̟͎̖̕͘o̵̴҉̢̙̬͇̖͉̜͠m̵͏͉̲̠̱͙͉̳̻̖͉̟̦̩͙͉̯͢͟ͅͅ.̷̸̵̧̬͍̙͕̫̝͖̞̩̥̩̣̙͍̗̱͓͈͚͇̣̤͜
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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