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Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This is a 3-hr or so mystery that lets you unravel the events at a manor during a wedding. It may seem unassuming, but it really pulls you in with the story and reveals just enough to let you figure it out on your own. A very spooky tale and helps boost your confidence in…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I enjoyed this game. When I first started I was confused as how to piece the clues together and I kept missing the kitchen. Eventually after exploring for a bit I was able to slowly figure out who was who. Though one of the characters yells "Brother, why?!" and I think it was…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A brilliant and difficult murder mystery game. I did find that if I wanted to get to a room on the other side of the house it was bit clunky to do so but other than it's an essential detective game.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 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 2026-09-26.
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Minor adjustments
- Fixed an issue where trying to left click on some buttons would soft lock the game - Increased player character's movement speed slightly Couldn't figure out why some people were crashing when tryin
Update Notes 03-16-2026
It's been a while. I took some time to revisit this project and add some screen settings that really should have been there in the first place. The issue with the ridiculous black bars around the scre
March 27th : Small patch
- Added brightness and contrast sliders to the settings menu - Added a small dialogue continue indicator to some dialogue balloons
Feb 23, 2025 Update
- Minor color adjustments - (very) minor character details adjusted - Made it a bit easier to see which object is selected - A small adjustment to certain UI elements in the log menu for clarity - Mov
Another small patch
Small adjustments! - Added a small tutorial in the beginning of the game - Fixed an issue where the game would shrink in windowed mode Truly appreciate all of you who gave this game a try :)
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Detective · Mystery · Difficult · Investigation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Supernatural · Side Scroller · Atmospheric · Dark · Historical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 4 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, any x86_64 CPU, ARMv8 CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support Storage: 400 MB available space