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Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Year Walk is a horror, indie and adventure game developed and published by Simogo.
Released on March 06th 2014 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 1,996 reviews of which 1,808 were positive and 188 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.83€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Year Walk into these genres:

Horror Indie Adventure Atmospheric Puzzle Point & Click Story Rich Surreal Dark Short Singleplayer Walking Simulator Mythology Great Soundtrack Psychological Horror

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 2 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Pixel Shader 2.0, 256 MB
Storage: 1100 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X v10.5 Leopard
Processor: 2 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Pixel Shader 2.0, 256 MB
Storage: 1100 MB available space

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Feb. 2026

Year Walk is one of those rare games that feels less like a playthrough and more like a haunting. It’s a short experience on paper, but emotionally it lingers far longer — a winter ritual carved out of folklore, grief, and the strange logic of old stories. You wander through a snow‑drowned forest, guided only by the soft crunch of footsteps and the uncanny silhouettes of creatures pulled from Swedish myth. The game never rushes you. But it is a bit scary, particularly at a few key jumpscares. What surprised me most is how tragic the story becomes once you reach the end and unlock the researcher’s journal. Those entries reframe everything — the puzzles, the apparitions, the violence — and suddenly the game’s quiet strangeness becomes heartbreakingly human. It’s a story about obsession, loss, and the way folklore preserves the emotional truth of a tragedy long after the facts have faded. It took me almost three hours to finish, but that pacing felt right. Year Walk rewards lingering. It rewards letting the atmosphere breathe. And when the final pieces click into place, the emotional weight hits with the force of a folktale that’s been waiting centuries to be understood. It’s beautiful. It’s sorrowful. And it’s one of the most fascinating uses of folklore I’ve seen in a game — not as decoration, but as the very bones of the narrative.

Jan. 2026

How many other games have gotten me to put a reminder to play on my calendar? 0 Delightful short adventure game that leaves you with a page of notes that looks like a madman's scribbles.

Jan. 2026

I cannot recommend this enough. It's such a unique game. PLayed it originally when it came out on mobile a decade or such ago. Beautiful piece of art.

Dec. 2025

I honestly hope this little gem will get to be known by way more people, cause it deserves a lot of praise! A beautiful delve into northern folklore with quite clever (but never frustrating) puzzles and a beautiful artstyle; Also, the way details are slowly uncovered and especially the means by which it happens, made the experience even more engaging (as another reviewer stated, you will keep mentally coming back to the plot even after being done with the game, and that to me is better than mere longevity in terms of gameplay hours).

May 2025

A true masterpiece. It achieves so much, with so little. Do it. Play it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Year Walk is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

Year Walk is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.89€ on Steam.

Year Walk received 1,808 positive votes out of a total of 1,996 achieving a rating of 8.65.

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Year Walk was developed and published by Simogo.

Year Walk is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Year Walk is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Year Walk is not playable on Linux.

Year Walk is a single-player game.

Year Walk does not currently offer any DLC.

Year Walk does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Year Walk does not support Steam Remote Play.

Year Walk is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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