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What Never Was

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First release
Jan 10, 2019
Publisher
Acke Hallgren
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Puzzle
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

Also known as WhatNeverWas.exe

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Storyline
Sometime in the late 2000s, Howard James Wright - an old but kind man - perishes. Leaving behind him many adventures, relics he's collected over the years as well as books authored, he is also leaving Sarah, his granddaughter behind. Having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfather's attic, she is soon to find that not everything about her grandfather's attic is what it seems.Read more

Sometime in the late 2000s, Howard James Wright - an old but kind man - perishes. Leaving behind him many adventures, relics he's collected over the years as well as books authored, he is also leaving Sarah, his granddaughter behind. Having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfather's attic, she is soon to find that not everything about her grandfather's attic is what it seems.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jan 10, 2019
Mac
Jan 10, 2019
Linux
Jan 10, 2019
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
1h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
casual, free-to-play

At a Glance

Main + Extras (IGDB)
1h
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How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 4 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 4 Nov 2026