Inua is a narrative game in which three protagonists have their destinies intertwined decades apart in the same locations in the far north. Explore each era, collect ideas and manipulate their minds to change the course of history.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 28 → 0/day in the week after.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 81reviews | 94% | — | $21.9K |
| $2.99−80% | 7ratings | 58% | — | not modelled | |
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Inua is an interesting game in so many ways, but the ending ultimately seems incomplete. We are left asking, "What happens next?" I also found Inua lacking as a point and click adventure game, which is how it is categorized in the store. There are some nice traditional puzzles, but those are few in number. Even how characters' thoughts are sequenced doesn't matter, even though this is described as a game where the player manipulates their minds. Gameplay in Inua is effectively a question of clicking around and exhausting every dialogue option. There aren't even penalties for choosing ideas that seemingly lead to negative reactions; there was one moment in Chapter 1 where I thought I'd made the wrong choice in a life-threatening situation, but it turned out to not matter at all. That's not unusual for point and click adventure games, but when there's already a dearth of puzzles, it's harder to ignore this.
[H1]Inua - A Story in Ice and Time[/h1][hr][/hr] 2-3 hours to complete, Inua is a fun narrative game that follows three protagonists across three different periods of time, while you engage in a bit of time manipulation to share realizations and ideas between them to change the course of history. The story is centered around the real life disappearance of The Terror and The Erebus on the famously doomed Arctic exploration around 1846. While the wrecks were officially rediscovered in 2016 and 2014, the Inuit had known their locations through oral history since they interacted with survivors, and have shared it with British and Canadian search teams but were ignored essentially delaying their discovery for about 170 years. It’s a bit of interesting real life history to read up on, but I really loved how the developers made a video game out of it. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3774067160 Overall, I really enjoyed Inua not just because of the fun spin on a cautionary tale, but because I appreciated how the developers were authentic with the music and the art, using Inuit artists as well as voice actors and even an author to share this story. The only downside perhaps is that I wish the end of the story was expanded on a bit more, as I felt there was room to make a more satisfying ending, I suppose. Also, I strongly suggest playing Inua in a single sitting if you can, as it’s much easier to follow along and enjoy the game. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3774065528 [code]If you liked this review and want to read about similar games or just support me on my journey of playing my entire Steam backlog, you can join my curator group, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39675075/] Rune's Reviews![/url] Have a nice day! [/code]
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Jul 22 → 0.25/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil*languages with full audio support
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 46 reviews with recorded playtime.
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such a short yet compacted story, makes me feel that I watched a good movie. The game is not too hard to play and all the achievements are easy to collect. If you enjoy visual novel this is a good game to purchase
The game's story isn't that bad but I wouldn't say it's that good either. Since this game only has the story as a reason to buy I can't really reccommend it. Also the artstyle isn't up my alley.
Let's get something out of the way first: this is a narrative experience and it plays more as a clever visual novel with (light) puzzle mechanics than as a "game" so if this is not your cup of tea, it might not be for you. This being said, I found the writing really good and was immediately drawn into the story. The switching between eras and the way the mystery is revealed little by little is very original and engaging. I wish there was more to the ending though as it felt a little rushed, and from the credits, it doesn't seem Inuit people were involved beyond the translation and voice acting, which feels a little wrong considering how much Inuit culture was used to shape the story. I recommend the game if you like unusual narratives and settings, and very atmospheric games.
Gorgeous little game! I feel like it's the perfect length, though the ending does feel a bit abrupt and in the moment was a smidge hard to grasp (though that could just be because I was strongly expecting it to go a certain way). There are some parts where you can bounce between storylines and do some time shenanigans, but it is still a linear game with no choices, which I didn't know going into it, but I think it makes sense. The art is beautiful, the voice acting is a delight. Love that I got to learn some Inuit words along the way. Overall, a really great experience.
[h3]Some things are better left Hidden[/h3] Beautifully rendered dioramas, in a simplistic 3D style with interactive objects and tokens to find which progress the story. A story ultimately of 3 people with different origin stories, different times and completely different demons chasing them their entire lives. But who will die? [h3]Fire and Ice[/h3] The story starts quite narrow in focus, at the beginning with a mutiny. And in a way it's a mutiny born out of fear that drives these 3 people to uncover the unknown for personal betterment. But at what price. A theme of nature versus man runs through the entire story. As does one of man versus man in tribes and later in nations, at war. I just loved how the story plays on all the flaws of each character, so heavily that you get to know all 3 quite well. There is continuously a monster without as well as within, us all. I would happily have dived deeper into each character if time allowed, but each diorama must have been quite hard work to create, so things must end. [h3]Mechanics[/h3] The game mechanics are quite simple, you must switch timelines, and find items in each timeline which effect other timelines. One puzzle requires you make 2 very specific and thoughtful choices to unlock a discovery in a later timeline. There is quite a lot going on in the game mechanics too, in a star constellation chart which rather subtly tells you when you are nearly done in a chapter for example. The stars form a Great Bear, a central character, complete the bear, but also use it to work out where you have just been. Ultimately the game is quite short and playable in a single long sitting. A real pity, because after a lot of good story telling, the climax to the end leaves a lot unanswered. I guess puzzling out how a very very busy story with so many themes and ideas in it should end is left to the reader. If you enjoyed this game, you might want to check out similar games I have reviewed here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41773079-EmpathyGames/list/91358/
pro: -visuals -story (except the ending. Thats a bit underwhelming...) con: -controls -the "thoughts" should have been dubbed as well...
Nice visual style, innovative adventure game mechanics, lovely music, and a very unusual ending which leaves you contemplating. On the negative size, the characters get really flat towards the end. Which makes you contemplate the idea behind it all even more, so maybe not so negative in the end. I wish there were more variations in the outcomes and choices.
Inua was a peaceful and pleasant game that I played on my tablet via Remote Play while sitting in my backyard after being told I should go enjoy the nice weather. Playing this game felt like simply reading a book. It has a strong atmosphere and an interesting story that kept me invested throughout. I especially liked learning about the three main characters and seeing how their stories connected. My biggest issue was the ending, which felt underwhelming and incomplete. It almost feels like the story ends right before the real outcome is shown. Despite that, I still think it’s worth playing if you enjoy story-driven games.
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