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Playing Kafka
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“This free game is very very strange. I did not really understand what was going on, probably because I have never heard of Franz Kafka and thus am not familiar with his works. The graphics remind me of a comic book, and the vibe of the game is very dystopian. My biggest dislike…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“highly recommended all three chapters are so perfectly created and the game runs just perfect on a low spec pc that does not meet the store requirements”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“A nice, short game that can be completed in about an hour, depicting three stories by Franz Kafka. The delivery may seem confusing at times, but in that way, it presents the grotesque artistic style of Kafka’s writing. To play this game, however, there is no need to be familiar…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
More Playing, this time Prague
Hello Playing Kafka players! It turns out we started an informal series of games with you all: Playing something series. And we have a new one to talk to you about. The game also features Kafka, incid
Our new card puzzle game Playing Prague is out! 🌞
Hello and happy last weeks of springs, we have an big announcement: a new game – and it includes Kafka, as well! It’s called Playing Prague and design-wise, it follows in Beecarbonize’s footsteps. Pla
Playing Kafka is now in Turkish!
Thanks to our partners we are so happy to bring Playing Kafka to yet another language – this time Turkish. Some of us at Charles Games went to Istanbul and other parts of the country (someone multiple
Lucie Plays Playing Kafka for AdventureX
Playing Kafka was selected for AdventureX event! To celebrate, we’re streaming our game with Lucie, developer and your host. Involved deeply in the development of the game, she’s sure to have a lot of
Our New Game Velvet 89 is Out Now!
Our very dear Kafka players, We are trilled to announce that our new game Velvet 89 is out now! Knowing how much you loved the distinctive art style of Playing Kafka, we designed Velvet 89 with visual
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · Surreal · Point & Click · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction · Atmospheric · Choose Your Own Adventure · Psychological · Stylized · Philosophical · 3D · Choices Matter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * , Czech * , Traditional Chinese, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | https://charlesgames.net/playing-kafka-en/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5-4440 Memory: 4096 MB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris Storage: 800 MB available space