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A Story About My Uncle
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
44 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This beautiful game stood in my backlog for quite some time now (got it for free a couple of years ago) and I finally gave it a go and boy was I delighted to play it! It is well crafted and very immersive. The story is…”
“Used to watch a bunch of commentary Youtubers play this game, always thought it looked fun. Caught it on a sale and decided to finally try it out. Lots of fun so far.”
“I really enjoy the story, the visuals and the movement and parkour in this game, I come back to it a few times. It's nostalgic and you do feel like you're getting told a story, whilst also experiencing the adventure.”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Not a bad story, which wouldn't hurt a remake. The game has great potential, but the technical implementation is average. I don't know why everyone complains about the jumps. I passed everything without problems.…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Short and sweet. Momentum mechanics are not really my cup of tea, but even the tougher parts you I could get through in a few tries. It does look like someone who's inclide to it would have even more fun with the…”
“A short and simple adventure platformer with solid physics and fun movement mechanics. It’s easy to get into and enjoyable from start to finish.”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This beautiful game stood in my backlog for quite some time now (got it for free a couple of years ago) and I finally gave it a go and boy was I delighted to play it! It is well crafted and very immersive. The story is…”
“I really enjoy the story, the visuals and the movement and parkour in this game, I come back to it a few times. It's nostalgic and you do feel like you're getting told a story, whilst also experiencing the adventure.”
“Cool platformer, pretty nice aesthetics, alright story and worldbuilding. Probably won't finish it because it's too hard and I have no determination.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A forgotten classic. It's worth a play if you haven't, even a decade later.”
“great story and even better gameplay mechanics super fun and affordable and easy to run”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Story felt incomplete, but this game is worth playing. The grappling was fun to play around with on the deck.”
“Gave up. Controls feel unnatural and annoying, just land on a platform to slide off of it, don't really care about the story.”
“Really fun parkour game. The movement of swinging is what every kid dreams to feel when they saw spider-man. I couldn't care much for the story personally but the gameplay is enough to want to finish the game.”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[b] P. S. If you have difficulties in the walktrough, this guide will be very useful: [/b] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561496240 [h1] STORY 'BOUT BORING [/h1] Even though it has a high…”
“Clearing up some more backlog! and now this game came along, always remember seeing it in like old youtube videos as just background, pretty sure I picked it up when I first got it but did not get too stuck into it, now…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“[b] P. S. If you have difficulties in the walktrough, this guide will be very useful: [/b] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561496240 [h1] STORY 'BOUT BORING [/h1] Even though it has a high…”
“Short and sweet. Momentum mechanics are not really my cup of tea, but even the tougher parts you I could get through in a few tries. It does look like someone who's inclide to it would have even more fun with the…”
“I found the game to be fairly boring, wanted to try to 100% it but unfortunately I don't think I enjoy it enough to offer it the patience. Wish I could have left Maddie in the cave, found her incredibly annoying. At…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“[b] P. S. If you have difficulties in the walktrough, this guide will be very useful: [/b] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561496240 [h1] STORY 'BOUT BORING [/h1] Even though it has a high…”
“Cool platformer, pretty nice aesthetics, alright story and worldbuilding. Probably won't finish it because it's too hard and I have no determination.”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“weird faces on the npcs but we move (literally).”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“bought in 2016 cuz leafyishere influence. finished a decade later. better late than never, definitely worth.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“A great, short platformer with an intriguing story being told in the form of a bedtime story. The movement feels natural and fluid, with both the grappling hook and the rocket boots being very intuitive to use. All in all a very good game, but honestly screw that ice cave.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“i bought this game 5 years ago, played it for a few minutes back then and abandoned it afterwards, today my fiance got me to play it again and i never had more fun in my life, it was a heart warming adventure for both of us, i high recommend this game, also not to bring any…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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Mac & Linux Support Available Now!
Hello everyone! A Story About My Uncle now support both Mac and Linux! :D If you encounter any issues, please share them with us in the stickied discussion thread, or mail us at support@gonenorthgames
Mac & Linux Support Available Now!
Hello everyone! A Story About My Uncle now support both Mac and Linux! :D If you encounter any issues, please share them with us in the stickied discussion thread, or mail us at support@gonenorthgames
Patch Notes for Build 3717
Ice Cave Changes! In this patch we have addressed something that a lot of you have been asking for – changes to the stalactite corridor in the Ice caves. The stalactite corridor now has two lit platfo
Patch Notes for Build 3717
Ice Cave Changes! In this patch we have addressed something that a lot of you have been asking for – changes to the stalactite corridor in the Ice caves. The stalactite corridor now has two lit platfo
Patch Notes for Build 3705
Look at that, we're back with another patch! This time we have some good news for our non-english speaking adventurers, as we are now rolling out the game in other languages! == ASAMU is now available
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · First-Person · Parkour · Singleplayer · Indie · Atmospheric · Platformer · Story Rich · 3D Platformer · Puzzle · Fantasy · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://gonenorthgames.com/games/a-story-about-my-uncle/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon X2, or equal at 1.6GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c-compatible, SM 3.0-compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible, 16-bit