Name: Rue Valley
Release date: November 11, 2025
Genre: Adventure, Indie, Point & Click
Developer: Emotion Spark Studio
Publisher: Owlcat Games
Platform: PC
Publication type: License
Version: 1.0.0v2
Interface language: Russian, English, Multi5
Voice language: None
Tablet: Not required (DRM-Free from GOG)
Description: Rue Valley is a psychological adventure where you play as Eugene Harrow, trapped in a 47-minute loop in the middle of a deserted motel and a foggy town full of people as lost as he is. Instead of raking over your own traumas, you gradually delve into other people’s: helping to sort out relationships, uncovering the secrets of the past and trying to understand what connects all the inhabitants of Ryu Valley with this strange time anomaly. The game is presented through comic-style dialogue boxes, and even the smallest lines can be a clue.
When creating a character, you don’t choose strength or agility, but distribute nine points along three personality axes: impulsive vs. calculating, introverted vs. extroverted, sensitive vs. detached. This system directly affects what phrases you can say, how NPCs react to you, and what intentions (or quests) become available. Levels are not reset – knowledge accumulates. What seems like a dead end today can turn into a breakthrough tomorrow if you just talk to the right person at the right time. At the same time, each action takes away precious minutes, so running without a goal is more expensive for yourself.
Visually, Rue Valley is shrouded in a tired, faded aesthetic: peeling paint, flickering light bulbs, silent streets and a soundtrack of soft pianos and the noise of a ticking clock. There is no action here, but there is tension of a different kind – internal. The game gently guides you through the labyrinth of other people’s and your own doubts, until you finally understand: to break out of the loop, you need not to break it, but to accept it.
System Requirements:
OS: Windows 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 4 GB RAM
Video card: DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 512MB memory)
DirectX: versions 11
Disk space: 20 GB