Year Walk 2013

Released: February 21, 2013
Genres: Point-and-click · Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Platforms: PC · iOS · Mac
Developer: Simogo
More info: IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: Fanatical Steam
In a collection: Simogo Legacy Collection

Steam Nintendo
Physical: Search on Amazon

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Simogo's 2013 adventure for iOS, in which you walk a snowy Swedish forest on New Year's Eve to take part in the Year Walk, a folk ritual for seeing the future. You move by swiping through a world drawn like a pop up book, and you meet creatures from Swedish folklore along the way. The puzzles use the device itself: holding one finger down while moving another, listening for sounds, or shaking it. A free companion app explains the folklore and adds more story once you have finished. It lasts three to four hours. Played on a touch screen today, the puzzles still ask for the whole device: fingers, ears and a shake all come into it.