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Along the Edge
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 103 reviews raise this.
44 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I got the game for free and technically I am the target group as I like to play visual novels for a female audience. The backgrounds and CG artwork is really beautiful and probably leads to most of the positive reviews.…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Pretty fun visual novel with quite a few different endings. I got this game when it was on a discount - 100% off, which honestly, I feel pretty lucky for. Since I'm new into gaming, I was interested in experiencing a…”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Pretty fun visual novel with quite a few different endings. I got this game when it was on a discount - 100% off, which honestly, I feel pretty lucky for. Since I'm new into gaming, I was interested in experiencing a…”
“So far my favourite visual novel I've read on Steam. The art is amazing, the characters are great, and your choices do influence the story. It's not overly-long either, with the first playthrough taking me just over an…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Pretty fun visual novel with quite a few different endings. I got this game when it was on a discount - 100% off, which honestly, I feel pretty lucky for. Since I'm new into gaming, I was interested in experiencing a…”
“Good visual novel, decisions are decisive and coherrent + the drawings are really nice. The story is not insanely deep but overall i liked it in all the paths. 8.5/10”
“[h3]Pretty decent "What Would A Witch Do" Simulator.[/h3] They should collaborate with Crimson Desert and put a little choices matter drama in their Witch questlines.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Interesting story, as usual for Nova-box. A good ol' classic Choose Your Own Adventure. I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack, which is mostly made up of calm piano music. However, for the love of God Nova-box, could…”
“Soft recommend. Beautiful game with a mediocre and at times boring story. No save functionality makes it a nightmare to do more runs with any sort of practicality (or in my case, go bed for the night at 6 AM. Nope, this…”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“I got the game for free and technically I am the target group as I like to play visual novels for a female audience. The backgrounds and CG artwork is really beautiful and probably leads to most of the positive reviews.…”
“Lacks skipping seen text and saves which made subsequent playthroughs not go so well. Probably causing missed unique dialogues and being an unnecessary detraction. The story and its diversions were fairly anti-climactic…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Lacks skipping seen text and saves which made subsequent playthroughs not go so well. Probably causing missed unique dialogues and being an unnecessary detraction. The story and its diversions were fairly anti-climactic…”
“I enjoyed it, and played through a couple of times, but was really hoping for a better payoff, and for a "choices matter" game, it often takes the most dramatic and meaningful choices out of your hands. I got it for…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Lacks skipping seen text and saves which made subsequent playthroughs not go so well. Probably causing missed unique dialogues and being an unnecessary detraction. The story and its diversions were fairly anti-climactic…”
“I enjoyed it, and played through a couple of times, but was really hoping for a better payoff, and for a "choices matter" game, it often takes the most dramatic and meaningful choices out of your hands. I got it for…”
“7/10 okay story, it does goood job at making u ask ur self, what if? There is no gameplay, its story telling and u making choices looking at diffrent outcomes. But i must say, 1st and 2nd playthroughs are fun, then u…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a very well made game with a very well-written story. I would recommend this game to all who read fantasy books and appreciate these types of worlds. I think it could have had some more music, but it was an…”
“Its a very short but engaging visual novel, not the kind of games i play, the pasing coulve been a bit better but overall it has an interesting premise and i felt satisfied with the endings”
“I didn’t expect this to hit me as hard as it did. The story pulls you in slowly, but once it gets going, the choices actually feel meaningful instead of just cosmetic. I liked how the atmosphere stays a bit mysterious…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Lacks skipping seen text and saves which made subsequent playthroughs not go so well. Probably causing missed unique dialogues and being an unnecessary detraction. The story and its diversions were fairly anti-climactic…”
“I got the game free during the February special promo event. I get what they were going for, but it often falls flat. There are a few translation issues (I am a native french speaker but I played in English) but overall…”
“It's... Not exactly well-written, nor well-executed. Right from the start, you get some rather odd and meaningless choices which nevertheless give the "alignment" changes (and half of them make no sense whatsoever, even…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Another banger from Novabox. Beautiful art. A clever story. Music is subjective so i'll just say its well thought out. If you have enjoyed other Novabox games, or just like a more serious and thought provoking story in your visual novels, i feel like you wont be disappointed.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I feel a bit sorry for the developers behind this game, as it seems to be getting some pretty harsh reviews. As a visual novel, it has its own charm. I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised to find it better than I had expected. The writing could be more…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“I quitted the game after it forced me to hug and embrace a character who sexually assaulted Daphne in the previous scene, despite me playing as not interested for 100% of the interactions with said character. I was hoping to have an option to hex him, but when - right after he…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Romance · Mystery · Singleplayer · Choose Your Own Adventure · Touch-Friendly · Interactive Fiction · Mouse only (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound |
| Languages | English, French, Simplified Chinese, German |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | http://alongtheedge-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later (64bits only) Processor: 2.0 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space