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The Night is Grey

The Night is Grey

Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery

Released Jan 5, 2024 Developer Whalestork Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac Point & ClickAdventureIndiePsychological HorrorCasual
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

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83.0%positive224 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Beautiful animation and music make up for the sluggish dialog and movement. If you're in the mood for a true slow-burn mystery, I recommend this. I did look up some hints as a few of the puzzles required painstaking backtracking which I don't have the patience for as much as I…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I was engaged from start to finish, both with the story, and the puzzles, of The Night is Grey, and the balance felt just right between allowing exploration through the available scenes in each part without being overwhelming. What a beautifully haunting, well-crafted story,…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Most depressing game I've ever played and annoying in way too many ways. You play an extremely unlikable guy who just keeps on whining all the time, about literally everything, while cleaning his glasses and then sighing every couple of minutes. Same for the other characters…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Oct 27, 2025
🎬 The Night is Grey – Now 50% Off for Steam’s Scream Sale!🎬

🎬 The Night is Grey – Now 50% Off for Steam’s Scream Sale!🎬 The Night is Grey is a slow-burning, story-driven thriller about choices, secrets, and survival. Follow Graham as he unravels the mystery of

Sep 30, 2025
The nights are getting longer, the forests are looking creepier...

The nights are getting longer, the forests are looking creepier... ...and honestly… what better time to hang out with suspicious animals in the middle of nowhere? The Night is Grey is atmospheric, wei

Jun 26, 2025
EVEN SUMMER HAS ITS COLD, QUIET NIGHTS...

EVEN SUMMER HAS ITS COLD, QUIET NIGHTS... The Night is Grey — a dark, atmospheric adventure — is now 35% off on Steam. Step into a slow burn thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. A missing ch

Mar 13, 2025
Look what just sprouted this spring!

Allergy season comes with a 40% discount . Enjoy this classically animated adventure thriller while nature tries to obliterate your eyes and nostrils. Also the Artbook and Original Sountrack at a craz

Jan 20, 2025
TWO AWARDS WE’ll NEVER FORGET

The Night is Grey has won AGOTY’s Best Screenplay as well as Best Visual Art & Animations. All those years ago when we started our first game ever, with no background experience, we made all the rooki

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Facts & details

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GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsPoint & Click · Adventure · Indie · Psychological Horror · Casual · Puzzle · Mystery · Hand-drawn · Cinematic · Third Person · Atmospheric · Dark Humor (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements16
Estimated owners0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://whalestork.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Intel core i5 2557M Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT440 or HD5570 Storage: 5 GB available space