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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition
Developer Phoenix Online Studios, Pinkerton Road Studio
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game, created by Jane Jensen, developed and published by Sierra On-Line, and released for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Windows on December 17, 1993. The game's story, featuring the voices of Tim Curry, Leah Remini, and Mark Hamill in the CD-ROM version, focuses on Gabriel Knight, a struggling novelist whose decision to use a spate of recent murders… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
337 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
165 positive · 15 negative
95% range 87–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 165 | 15 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 39 | 2 | 82 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
671 of 738 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 167 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,072 of 1,180 positive).
Players praise the game's intriguing story and atmosphere, calling it a must-play for mystery fans. [1][2][3] Many note the remake's inferior voice cast and dated graphics compared to the original. [4][5][6] Some reviewers report technical issues like bugs and crashes, but still recommend the game. [7][8][9]
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- [6]
Entire voice cast changed, it's not the same game. The graphics are ok, animations are slow and sometimes unskippable. If you are a fan of adventure games in GENERAL this is ok, but if you're a Gabriel Knight fan you are going to be very disappointed.
- [1]
Satire, Krimi, Mystery, alles wohlverpackt in einem wohlgepackten Point und Klick Adventure. Autor Gabriel Knight macht sich auf die Suche nach einem Voodoo Mörder. Sehr empfehlenswertes Spiel der alten Schule. Satire, thriller, mystery, all well-packaged in a well-packed point and click adventure. Author Gabriel Knight goes in search of a voodoo killer. Highly recommended old school game. Have it with some sweet …
- [4]
It's good that this happened for posterity's sake, and worth it for the bonus content alone, but the 2014 remake already feels more dated than the original with its weirdly proportioned, stiff and squishy models, often buggy and janky animations, and far less interesting (and frankly poor by comparison) voice cast. You're better off playing the original first and grabbing this afterwards to show support if you enjoy …
- [3]
pros + this is a well-developed, complex, and intriguing story with surprising twists and turns, written by Jane Jensen, which is about voodoo-related murders. the game also gives some information about the Voodoo religion and practices. + stylish graphic novel-like and cinematic cut scenes + creepy atmosphere + decent voice acting + there are many intriguing and interesting side characters + interesting settings in …
- [10]
The original Gablriel Knight came out 30 years ago, and even this remake is already ten years old. So, is it still worth playing? Absolutely, yes! Is it a bit yanky, is Gabriel Knight as insufferable as he always was, are there a couple of puzzles that require you to make connections that are as nonsensical as they were in the original? Also, yes. GK: SotF even commits the cardinal sin of having a few timed "action …
Summarised from 34 of the 331 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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92% of the 182 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition. The complaint that keeps coming up: inferior voice cast compared to original. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gabriel Knight was not a major commercial hit. According to Todd Vaughn of PC Gamer US, "Jensen's hope for a King's Quest-sized success fell a little short of the mark". The game and its sequel, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, sold a total of 300,000 copies by December 1998. When previewing the game in November 1993, Computer Gaming World's Johnny L. Wilson stated the opening sequence "was the first time I've actually experienced fear when viewing a computer game". He wrote that "Gabriel Knight is an exceptional blend of art, game and understanding. It is mature audiences for all the right reasons". In March 1994, the magazine's Charles Ardai stated that Gabriel Knight justified…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
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60 of 337 · most liked firstIncluded with 1993 point 'n' click adventure game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a neat 'Making Of' video showcasing its Hollywood voice cast. Behind the scenes at Sierra On-Line HQ where we get some prime Tim Curry being, well, Tim Curry at his smoothest. #VideoBytes
neutral · AI labelView post →Tim Curry as Gabriel Knight is one of my all time favorite videogame performances. Are there examples of better game acting? Sure. But he made that role his. And because it was Tim Curry, that meant it was endlessly entertaining. Unforgettable talent.
neutral · AI labelView post →angel on my shoulder: the ideal twin peaks video game would've been a 90s FMV point and click me: mmm-hm devil on my shoulder: specifically we're talking a Gabriel Knight 2 looking kind of deal. ideally as gay as GK2 too me: so we're all in agreement angel: yeah devil: 100 percent
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing in a zillion things, but for me, I always loved him best for his incredibly hammy work as Gabriel Knight in the self-named computer game. His accent was so RIPE! RIP
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely no one remembers it but Phantasmagoria. It was from the brief era of games where there were actual real life actors dropped into game settings and you moved them around (Gabriel Knight, also scary, was in this genre too). I remember nothing about it other than it was scary when I was 14
neutral · AI labelView post →Missing TikTok and want something that plays lots of short videos with content for the LGBTQ+ community? Buddy, you want the 1995 fmv game The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
neutral · AI labelView post →[CLOSED] [STEAM] Christmas Steam Key Giveaway -- Part 4. As before, please list up to 5 titles that you want, and I will do my best to make sure that everyone gets at least 1. Check [Part 1](https://lemmy.ca/post/35563409), [Part 2](https://lemmy.ca/post/35607838), and [Part 3](https://lemmy.ca/post/35685416) for previous giveaways (I'm going through the alphabet, if you couldn't tell). Occasionally keys may have already been redeemed, or be for the wrong game. Sorry about that, I've been…
neutral · AI labelView post →RHPS was so important to me, although I feel differently about it now than when I was younger and needed it. I loved Tim Curry in anything he touched, oddly the first role that came to mind was the voice of Gabriel Knight on the CD ROM version of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →LAMPLIGHT CITY is my detective adventure game set in an alternate 19th century inspired by Poe, Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, and Gabriel Knight. It's also 40% off on Steam right now! store.steampowered.com/app/761460/L...
neutral · AI labelView post →Justin McElroy is playing Gabriel Knight and if he hated Myst, BOY, I worry for his health with these puzzles. Eric and I just played this game and while the voice acting is superb (hearing Tim Curry do a a New Orleans accent is INCREDIBLE), the puzzles made me want to throw the computer away
neutral · AI labelView post →It's the title adventure gamers love to hate on: Gabriel Knight 3, infamous for the "Cat Hair Mustache Puzzle," a bizarre bit of gameplay that was, supposedly, so bad it killed the entire adventure game genre. But is that true? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgNK...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry, best known for his work as the voice of Gabriel Knight in the 1993 Sierra On-Line point-and-click adventure game, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (alongside Leah Remini and Mark Hamill!).
neutral · AI labelView post →The Gabriel Knight series is widely regarded as having some of the best computer game writing of their era. It is also the series that named a character “Baron von Glower” and then made him the villain.
neutral · AI labelView post →You know WHAT? I'm gonna LOVE DRAGON AGE EVEN HARDER now!! If I can still adore the Gabriel Knight series that hasn't seen a new game and ended on a CLIFFHANGER in 1999, I will ADORE Dragon Age just the same. And if we DO get another game after ME5? We'll see. In like twenty years, lolsobs.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a great game but the CD-ROM version with voices by the likes of Tim Curry and Mark Hamill is unfortunately marred by audio glitches. This patch fixes those audio glitches: alltinker.itch.io/gk-speech-fix #adventuregames
positive · AI labelView post →After the “official end” of the adventure game genre in the mainstream with Gabriel Knight 3 in 1999, Europe kept the flame alive until the indie boom we are experiencing today. I love this era and hope it doesn’t fall into oblivion.
neutral · AI labelView post →will any game ever again conjure the feelings Gabriel Knight: Sins Of The Fathers conjured in me? probably not but i'm down to hear your suggestions nonetheless 😌
positive · AI labelView post →MASSIVE leak from The Game Awards. People are saying The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery has once again swept all the categories??? Congratulations to Jane Jensen and the rest of the folks at Sierra
neutral · AI labelView post →LAMPLIGHT CITY is 40-65% off during the Steam Scream Fest! A detective adventure game where getting things wrong doesn’t mean “game over.” Solve 5 cases inspired by Poe, Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, and Gabriel Knight. store.steampowered.com/app/761460/L...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm 🔴LIVE! with a re-play of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 👉 twitch.tv/zeldamomoe Haven't played this since 2020 but I wanted to pay homage to Tim Curry, RIP🙏🏼 I loooove this game and its sequel💗 (he's not in the sequel, but he IS in the 3rd game but I hate it so... LMAO)
positive · AI labelView post →True, this is point&click at it's best, and a piece of gaming history fascinating art, excellent voice acting but the story - no, no, no at first it seems, as if a series of atrocious murders were only made to look like Voodoo killings then it turns out that a group of Black Voodoo practitioners, descendants of former slaves are in fact responsible for those heinous crimes and the blond, blue-eyed hero, scion of an aristocratic German family has to save the day SPOILER ALERT towards the end…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer is one of the few indie adventures to feel like a proper Gabriel Knight successor, though you do need to finish Kathy Rain 1 to really appreciate it. Our review -
neutral · AI labelView post →We gave up on the Star Trek CD-ROM game bc it was like... actually too hard after I'd only played Gabriel Knight 2 lol. But we started Phantasmagoria tonight and it rules. The ectoplasm room???? That crazy ass pantry????? It's like a cursed real estate listing had a plot.
neutral · AI labelView post →> The newly added games are: > > - Mortal Kombat 4 > > - Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers > > - BloodNet > > - Personal Nightmare > > - Weird Dreams
neutral · AI labelView post →Gabriel Knight - Featured in our book - The Art of Point-And-click Adventure Games Crammed with stunning game imagery, concept art, and interviews with legendary designers. Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #gaming #pointandclick #art #gabrielknight
neutral · AI labelView post →While at university I got the first Gabriel Knight game for Christmas & played the whole thing in like 4 days before I had to return to school. What a ride.
positive · AI labelView post →Entire voice cast changed, it's not the same game. The graphics are ok, animations are slow and sometimes unskippable. If you are a fan of adventure games in GENERAL this is ok, but if you're a Gabriel Knight fan you are going to be very disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This week I wanna start my Gabriel Knight 1 re-play; it probably will be only 2 streams not 3, but I also might have some cosplay photo editing that we can do on stream too! Hoping to get some cosplay stuff done this weekend, so those are more tentative than the weeknights~
neutral · AI labelView post →Gabriel Knight #TimCurry Video Game: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC) Year: 1993 This was Tim Curry's first voice role for a video game; he would also voice Gabriel Knight in the third game released in 1999. #GabrielKnight
neutral · AI labelView post →My dream project wouldn't be my own mega-CRPG or adventure game. Oh, no. It would have to instead be a proper and much needed remake of Gabriel Knight 3. Have spent far too much time thinking of how to actually tackle this, mind you.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've completed Gabriel Knight 3 with my friend @darkcrowind.bsky.social! The story of that game is fascinating with interesting characters and locations. Only drawback is the control with the camera movement and one puzzle. I've now completed all 3 GK games! 🙌🥳 #game #sierra #adventure
positive · AI labelView post →Congrats to the Best Game winner at #TheGameAwards - The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery. I didn't think the same game could win every year since 2014, but somehow you pull it off
neutral · AI labelView post →Louisiana: Plenty of choices thanks to New Orleans and is there any video game character more New Orleans than Tim Curry playing Gabriel Knight in Sins of the Father? Wander the French Quarter and solve a voodoo murder mystery; that's Louisiana in a nutshell!
neutral · AI labelView post →Tim Curry doing one of the hammiest, worst/best New Orleans cajun accents in the adventure game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is my absolute favorite Tim Curry youtu.be/60d5YktMeAY... (9:20)
positive · AI labelView post →We finished Hob's Barrow today! Kind of an uneven game, but one of the most hilariously clown-able protagonists I've seen since Gabriel Knight
neutral · AI labelView post →Just play the original; the ugly character models and animations, boring cutscenes, inferior voice cast, insulting 'hints', and dumb 'bonus' puzzles make me feel like a lot of time was wasted on this remake that could have been spent just remastering the original's art and music.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And the award for Most Acting in a Video Game goes to... Gabriel Knight 2!
neutral · AI labelView post →Most people probably remember Tim Curry for Dr. Frank N. Furter, Pennywise, and lots of other memorable film roles, but you know who I remember him as the most? Gabriel Knight. That was the very first game that wowed me with voice acting, one of my first PC games, and it left an impression on me.
positive · AI labelView post →This week's stream plan: beat Gabriel Knight 2 re-play! It'll prob take me 2 more streams cuz of us yapping & laughing at the ridiculousness. I've been having a blast re-visiting it with all y'all🥰 Will prob keep it light cuz of cosplay work, & next week is Halloween AND Ace Week!
neutral · AI labelView post →What do you know about... podcasts? Today @decafjedi.com and I talk on Quest Quest the adventure game podcast about Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, featuring a memorable voice performance from the late Tim Curry. We mostly talk about its vibes. zencastr.com/z/Xh34LjJ4
neutral · AI labelView post →playing Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers a good game twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom #retrogaming #adventuregames #pointandclickadventure #retrogames #dosgaming
positive · AI labelView post →What can you tell me about... German werewolves? We're returning to Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within tonight on Adventure Tuesday- 8 PM Central! A delightful game that feels like a 90s TNT tv movie (complimentary) www.twitch.tv/ps_garak
neutral · AI labelView post →Starras new favourite game is that Gabriel Knight one that's 3d
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey! If you followed me recently (thanks!) you may not know that my sister and I host a weekly Twitch stream called Trials & Sibulations where we play old (often weird) adventure games. We're starting Gabriel Knight 2 in just 30 minutes! Come join us! twitch.tv/rdigiorgi
neutral · AI labelView post →B-side Gaming #5 Web Zine (News, History of Adventure games conclusion, game recommendations.). News, History of Adventure games conclusion, game recommendations. ## Welcome Welcome to issue #5 of the zine. This one is shorter because I decided the previous ones were too long, they required too much work, and now everything fits nicely in one post. This probably will also be the case for feature issues. While lots of stuff seen in previous issues has been cut, it is not gone completely. I will…
neutral · AI labelView post →* Space Quest IV (obviously) * The Colonel's Bequest * Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers * Leisure Suit Larry 6 * King's Quest VI Yeah, I put a fucking King's Quest game on the list. Try not to have a stroke.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember when all the video game heroes were called Gabe? There was Gabriel Knight, Gabe Logan from Syphon Filter, and the dude from Uncharted - among others. What was that all about?
neutral · AI labelView post →She writes some of the best freelance gaming pieces around, but did you know @dialacina.com is also a prolific adventure game/RPG LP YouTuber? Her series on Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within with @shirokumahi.me is one of our favorite YouTube playthroughs ever. youtu.be/T7qwFEtWstI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Had another wonderful time playing Gabriel Knight 3 (1999) with my friend @darkcrowind.bsky.social! The infamous moon logic puzzle with the fake beard disguise is too hilarious that we both broke out in laughter! 🥸 #Adventure #Sierra #Game
positive · AI labelView post →This may have been fantastic 30 years ago, but it's not for me today. The voice over for Gabe is awful. He's reading from a script with no emotion. None. I can't get into the character at all. The other voice overs are very good. Plus his personality, what there is of it, comes over as "Shallow Hal". Gabe and Detective Mosely are supposed to be pals from childhood - went to the same schools and so on. So why is Gabe portrayed as a twenty-something while Mosely is in his forties and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did a short guest spot in this @AGH video about "OH HELL NO" moments in #adventuregames. My pick might surprise you because it's from a game I actually love and adore... Gabriel Knight 2.. I did a short guest spot in this [@AGH](https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@AGH) video about "OH HELL NO" moments in [#adventuregames](https://dosgame.club/tags/adventuregames). My pick might surprise you because it's from a game I actually love and adore... Gabriel Knight 2.…
neutral · AI labelView post →"Zat when a wolf and a dog go POOF??" Oh how I've missed this ridiculous game 🤣 I'm gonna be playing more Gabriel Knight 2 / The Beast Within tonight! You know the place: twitch.tv/zeldamomoe Make sure that 💜 is filled in hehe It'll be my last stream of the week~
positive · AI labelView post →I don't think it's a coincidence that this cover and the computer game The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery came out just a few months apart
neutral · AI labelView post →"What can you tell me about voodoo?" Rest in Peace Tim Curry Known for so many iconic roles, but for me, he will always stand out as the original voice of Gabriel Knight, from my all-time favourite P&C game series. #TimCurry #GabrielKnight
positive · AI labelView post →7. Favorite game couple I’m torn between Gabriel and Grace from the Gabriel Knight series, and Chloe and Rachel from Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
neutral · AI labelView post →Since we're bringing every possible microgenre back in indie game form now, let me suggest: The Phantasmagoria/Gabriel Knight 2 FMV graphical adventure is ripe for re-examination.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gabriel Knight is such a good classic adventure game. I just read a screenshot LP of it to refresh my memory and it’s the good stuff
positive · AI labelView post →There's only one perfect video game and it's Gabriel Knight 2.
positive · AI labelView post →Satire, Krimi, Mystery, alles wohlverpackt in einem wohlgepackten Point und Klick Adventure. Autor Gabriel Knight macht sich auf die Suche nach einem Voodoo Mörder. Sehr empfehlenswertes Spiel der alten Schule. Satire, thriller, mystery, all well-packaged in a well-packed point and click adventure. Author Gabriel Knight goes in search of a voodoo killer. Highly recommended old school game. Have it with some sweet treats! Southern Pralines Ingredients 3 cups packed brown sugar 1…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At 5:00 PM Eastern I'll be dipping back into the world of Gabriel Knight as we keep going through Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father - which may be the scariest (not at all) game I play this month! Stop by at twitch.tv/boozybadger and listen to Tim Curry try a New Orleans accent
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