If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

Dead Idle Games · September 21, 2021 · Point & Click, Story Rich, Pixel Graphics, Dark, Atmospheric

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers weaves four interconnected stories of desperation and darkness—a forbidden romance in fascist Rome, a grieving widow's descent, an occultist's dangerous gambit, and a woman's rebellion against her masters—across a train journey and masked ball that binds their fates together. This narrative adventure explores themes of hidden desire, loss, and the price of breaking free through intimate character-driven storytelling set against a shadowy, atmospheric backdrop.

Four strangers. A train. A masked ball. A tale of dark and troubling things in four acts.


THE SILENT ROOM


In a luxurious hotel room in Rome, freshly arrived from Turin, Carlo awaits for his lover Patrick to arrive. However, as the shadow of fascism looms ever larger, the tension of meeting in constant hiding is beginning to take its toll.

THE SLOW VANISHING OF LADY WINTERBOURNE


Lady Winterbourne has lost her husband in a tragic accident. Now letters from pretenders to her vast fortune keep arriving every day at her mansion, yet the only thing she's interested in is the bottle of laudanum in her cabinet.

THE NAMELESS RITUAL


Harassed, ridiculed and belittled by his peers, Dr. Jordan Samuels has resorted to the occult sciences in a desperate attempt to turn the tables on his tormentors. But is he truly ready to face the Guardian of the Threshold?

IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT


As much as Laylah enjoys her job, sometimes she yearns for a bit of variety to distract her from her daily routine -- even if it means going against her very powerful bosses' orders.

Controls:


  • Left click = Walk / Talk / Look / Interact.
  • Right click = Cancel item action.
  • Esc = Pause / Options Menu.
  • Alt + Enter = Toggle fullscreen mode.
  • Alt + Ctrl = Toggle cursor lock when in windowed mode.


Brought to you by:


Laura Hunt: coding, writing, music, sound design.
Thomas Möhring: art, animations, cutscenes.

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Players praise this game's exceptional pixel art, animations, and emotionally impactful storytelling that deals with dark, mature themes and delivers surprising narrative moments. The main criticism is that it's more of a visual story experience with minimal interactive gameplay, which some feel doesn't justify calling it a game. Overall, most players find it a worthwhile, moving experience despite its brevity and limited mechanical depth.

Recommended Sep 22, 2026
A hauntingly beautiful mosaic of love, grief, pain, and the inevitable condition of human suffering wrapped neatly into a stunningly pixelated puzzle point-and-click narrative that just goes to show not only how well-written stories within the video game format can be written, but how cohesive an experience can be. Buy the support pack! Support these two to keep creating wonderful art!
Recommended Sep 19, 2026
Haunting and beautiful. I reccomend, especially at that price.
Recommended Sep 15, 2026
travler
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
Such beautiful art with amazing environment construction that along with the stories creates a very immersive experience. Truly recommend for all the horror indie game lovers like myself.
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
Please play this! Its so worth it!
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
inimitable experience because of art and writing

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