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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I found this game by complete accident when I was watching a top 10 Point-and-Clicks video. This game looked really cool, and it was on sale, so I grabbed it. What followed was a nicely paced Point-and-Click adventure…”
“Kathy Rain is a nice little detective story that starts off grounded and gradually slides into a supernatural mystery. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side. They work well enough within the story, but they rarely do…”
39 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I found this game by complete accident when I was watching a top 10 Point-and-Clicks video. This game looked really cool, and it was on sale, so I grabbed it. What followed was a nicely paced Point-and-Click adventure…”
“I'm fairly late to the party on this one, I'll admit. I've known about this game for a long time but never bothered to try it until now. Not sure why, but I don't regret my decision to finally take the plunge on this…”
“This is an engaging point and click, story-driven mystery. It has extra appeal today as a fun "Back to 1995" Nostalgia-trip over 30 years beyond the story-line, to play as an era-appropriate Nancy Drew heroine in a…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Kathy Rain is a nice little detective story that starts off grounded and gradually slides into a supernatural mystery. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side. They work well enough within the story, but they rarely do…”
“This is an engaging point and click, story-driven mystery. It has extra appeal today as a fun "Back to 1995" Nostalgia-trip over 30 years beyond the story-line, to play as an era-appropriate Nancy Drew heroine in a…”
“Story is very good and touching, pixel art is nice, music is fine and it does not get on nerves. Voice acting is good. There was only one puzzle I wasn’t able to knack, which is kind of a wonder, because I they are…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Got this in a bundle with Kathy Rain 2 and played it again to refresh my memory. The game and story are still very good as is the voice acting. The game has a bunch of QOL improvements that make the directors cut worth…”
“Story is very good and touching, pixel art is nice, music is fine and it does not get on nerves. Voice acting is good. There was only one puzzle I wasn’t able to knack, which is kind of a wonder, because I they are…”
“if you're a fan of classic point and click adventure games Kathy Rain is absolutely worth your time The storyline really stood out to me and pulled me in right away and kept me hooked all the way through The writing is…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“if you're a fan of classic point and click adventure games Kathy Rain is absolutely worth your time The storyline really stood out to me and pulled me in right away and kept me hooked all the way through The writing is…”
“This is a really solid point-and-click adventure game. The story is very intriguing and keeps you on your toe until the very last moment. Puzzles are fun and engaging, not repetetive or overly easy. I like the subtle…”
“9.5/10! Interesting story, good characters, good writing, good voice acting, good pixel graphics, just-the-right-amount-of-tricky puzzles, and definitely worth the time.”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Kathy Rain is a nice little detective story that starts off grounded and gradually slides into a supernatural mystery. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side. They work well enough within the story, but they rarely do…”
“jape's theorem: all point and click games must have at least one stupid puzzle. kathy rain is better than average since it only had one annoying puzzle.”
“Kathy Rain is a punk journalist detective in a rural American mid-west town during the 90s, despite the trope word salad i just wrote, this game does good with what it's working with. Some of the point and click puzzles…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“A decent adventure game with neat pixel art and nostalgic mid-90s vibes, backed by solid writing and a fun, wisecracking protagonist. It's not exactly the best of its genre, though, and the overall storyline isn't all…”
“I can't say I get the hype around this game. Kathy's not particularly sharp and tries way too hard at being edgy. Her roommate is essentially the only reason the plot progresses. The puzzles are mostly self-contained…”
“This game is kind of Full Throttle meets Stranger things, or perhaps Silent Hill. It starts out interesting, but becomes a bizarre horror story/moral quagmire. (Spoiler alert). While looking for answers about her…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Kathy Rain is a nice little detective story that starts off grounded and gradually slides into a supernatural mystery. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side. They work well enough within the story, but they rarely do…”
“Kathy Rain is a punk journalist detective in a rural American mid-west town during the 90s, despite the trope word salad i just wrote, this game does good with what it's working with. Some of the point and click puzzles…”
“I enjoyed Whisper of a Machine and I usually appreciate point-and-click, but this one didn't work for me. I found the story and the atmosphere barely engaging, the puzzles were either easy or frustratingly quirky. Sure,…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Short mystery adventure with fun puzzles, and it captures that 90s feeling.”
“Shortish but a good point and click with a good story”
“One of my biggest pet peeves when playing a point and click adventure game is missing an inventory item because I overlooked a certain area. [b]Kathy Rain[/b] is no exception. Thankfully, the game limits its playable…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“painfully slow at certain parts but the characters and overall story more than make up for it”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“f you're a fan of point and click adventure games I highly recommend Kathy Rain. It's short but so so good, it has that feeling of the old 90s games with awesome pixel art and snappy one liners. Very heartfelt, and deals with some really heavy themes.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“This game was alright. The story was a decent enough mystery, and I think it was executed well. I liked how they portray the characters, they have some depth to them which is a bit more immersive. Gameplay-wise, I have some complaints about how long it takes to move around…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I think the ending came on a little quick but overall a fun game. Really like Kathy's personality and not being pushed around. And the 90s aesthetic felt good. You can see there was care put into making this game. But overall recommend playing it if you want to play a point and…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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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Patch v.1.0.3.5270 changelog
Updated Unity engine version to address urgent security vulnerability
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Detective · Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Mystery · Investigation · Story Rich · Puzzle · Adventure · Emotional · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Official site | http://www.kathyraingame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Version 9.0 Additional Notes: Great detective skills are a bonus.