In Their Shoes
We Are Muesli · 2026 · Female Protagonist, LGBTQ+, Choose Your Own Adventure, Narrative, Interactive Fiction
PC
8 user reviews100% · 8
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About In Their Shoes
In Their Shoes is a collection of slice-of-life, stereotype-breaking short stories set in a city of contrasts like present-day Milan. 7 shoes for 7 characters equals 49 everyday, hyper-realistic, choice-based “Moments”, each lasting about 5 minutes, challenging our perceptions of gender, culture, and lifestyle by (literally) stepping into someone else’s shoes.While viewing an apartment, talking on the phone with your partner, standing at a bar counter, chatting with a former best friend, or participating in a street protest, In Their Shoes invites you to navigate subtle yet meaningful choices amid everyday doubts, joys, or tensions. It also reimagines classic visual novel mechanics by allowing you to enter into the tangled and intricate thoughts of each protagonist.For Nico, being taller than your average bookcase hasn’t always been an advantage.
Vale has spent 3/4 of their 30 years playing video games, but wastes 1/6 of their day stuck in traffic on the Beltway.
At 18, Pier is questioning whether there's more to life than sleeping with girls.
Nina has a tacky tattoo on her left thigh that says "Ms. Independent”.
Lara only has a few absolute certainties, one of them is the pleasure of a good book.
Emma sometimes misses the Spanish seaside so much that she can almost smell it.
Alex started losing his hair when he was 21, maybe now, two decades later, it’ll start growing back.
Vale has spent 3/4 of their 30 years playing video games, but wastes 1/6 of their day stuck in traffic on the Beltway.
At 18, Pier is questioning whether there's more to life than sleeping with girls.
Nina has a tacky tattoo on her left thigh that says "Ms. Independent”.
Lara only has a few absolute certainties, one of them is the pleasure of a good book.
Emma sometimes misses the Spanish seaside so much that she can almost smell it.
Alex started losing his hair when he was 21, maybe now, two decades later, it’ll start growing back.
- Short stories that add up: if 5 minutes feels too short, multiply that by 49, and you’ll have hours of narrative content to go through, not counting dozens of unique endings and interconnections between different Moments.
- Get to know the protagonists from A to Z: each character has their own 26 biographical bits to collect, unlocked through specific choices and thoughts.
- Play (not only) at your own pace: at least 2 Moments per character feature timed choices or real-time events, from a meeting with a condescending boss to a goodbye as the doors of a departing train come to close.
- Solve the Timeline puzzle: rearrange Moments in chronological order across four seasons in Milan thanks to narrative clues hidden in the dialogues (yes, you should take notes!).
- Experiment with a unique, combinatory original soundtrack by Nicolò Sala (Wheels of Aurelia, Saturnalia).
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A very intimate account of what it's like to try being an adult in the city. Hopes and desillusions, toxic relationships intertwines with happy ones in a subtle mix of lies and restrained honesty. All captured in witty and well-crafted dialogs over an ambiant soundtrack that immerses you in the hearth of the everyday.1 found this helpful
Every character you play and talk to has its character and depth. While playing and living those different slices of life, little mechanics are triggered and reveal and hint to underlying implied logics and world views, giving depth and linking the whole experience. Beautifully written, gorgeously illustrated, just a little gem!1 found this helpful
The UI is great, and the game is easy to navigate and jump into. Learning about Milan through realistic conversations is pretty fun and enlightening, and I look forward to learning more.1 found this helpful
A kaleidoscopic experience showing us fragments of the life of 7 characters, between daily life moments and life-changing decisions. Great writing and visuals, the "Moments" are short but often containing unexpected depth and having much replayability since the conversations can go in many different ways according to your choices, each one making you discover something new about each character. I also loved how you keep discovering many subtle hints about how the protagonists' lives are intersecting and I had fun with the puzzle aspect of the game, where you have to put all the 49 short scenes in chronological order, which requires a bit of deductive work.
Very cool visual style and captivating writing. Recommended!
Excellent, unique narrative game with memorable characters and a slice-of-life focus that is rarely found in this contemporary, grounded setting. Highly recommended!
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