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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

What works

  • Beautiful and detailed pixel art and animation
  • Immersive and emotional storytelling
  • Excellent atmospheric music and sound design
  • Free to play with optional supporter pack
  • Well-crafted puzzles integrated into narrative

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow walking speed and some backtracking
  • Short game length (~2-3 hours)
  • Limited gameplay mechanics and player agency
  • Some puzzles can be confusing or tedious
  • Lack of character customization or multiplayer

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Demons Never Lie

  • The Supper

  • The Unluckiest Man

  • Firework

  • The Mildew Children: Chapter 1

  • Threefold Recital

More autonomous

Games that feels like If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers but with more freedom over how you play

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

  • Fran Bow

  • Loco Motive

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

  • Burnhouse Lane

  • VirtuaVerse

Less violent

Games that feels like If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers but with less combat and destruction

  • Towards Future

  • Cats and the Other Lives

  • Playing Kafka

  • Radiant One

  • The Samaritan Paradox

  • Metaphobia

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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Strategy, Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026