Kathy Rain
Kathy Rain
Game
Game2021
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Developer Clifftop Games
Kathy Rain is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury. The game is set in 1995 and follows a college girl named Kathy who returns to her hometown to look into a mystery related to her recently deceased grandfather while confronting her troubled past. A sequel, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, was released in 2025. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
399 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
194 positive · 21 negative
95% range 86–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 194 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 49 | 4 | 89 |
| Mastodon * | 9 | 0 | 29 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
890 of 958 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 190 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 210 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,448 of 1,567 positive).
Players praise the game's engaging story, puzzles, and nostalgic point-and-click style. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the story's shift to supernatural elements is divisive. [4][5][6] A few players mention missable achievements and occasional obtuse puzzles as drawbacks. [1][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
I really don't understand all the praise for this game. Don't get me wrong; The art is gorgeous, mostly well voice-acted, and it is perfect to play on the Steam Deck (with caveats that I will discuss later). Granted, I was basically going in blind outside of the general understanding that I would have to solve some sort of mystery, so I really didn't know what I was getting myself into story-wise. Still, the story …
- [1]
Brilliant old school Point&Click Adventure! I really like the protagonist and the other characters, the story and gameplay, voice-acting, intro music - and the graphics are nice for that pixel style too. Seriously can't think of anything to complain about! It's easy to miss achievements (I tried every stupid thing I could think of after reading the achievement descriptions as a pointer and still missed 2) but you …
- [4]
It's... okay+? The game itself is wonderful, looks great, plays amazingly both on controller as well as mouse, great soundtrack and voice work and, most importantly, no obtuse "rubber ducky puzzles". Everything is logical. the story is... not. It starts off pretty great except for one massive foreshadow right off the bat, but then it just descends into unexplained weirdness and supernatural mumbo jumbo. By the end …
- [13]
Kathy Rain is a nice little detective story that starts off grounded and gradually slides into a supernatural mystery. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side. They work well enough within the story, but they rarely do anything particularly inventive, so the real appeal comes from following the narrative rather than wrestling with complex puzzle design. Where the game really shines is its atmosphere. The visuals are …
- [2]
This game immediately took me back to the LucasArts adventure games I played when I was in my young teens. There’s just something relaxing, satisfying, and nostalgic about this style of game. No need to have the reflexes of a 14-year-old hopped up on Jolt Cola. Just explore, figure things out, enjoy the story, and occasionally wonder how the hell the developers expected you to figure that puzzle out. I especially …
Summarised from 34 of the 368 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
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Kathy Rain: Director's Cut talk about great atmosphere and nostalgic 90s aesthetic; those who didn't talk about story becomes nonsensical with supernatural elements. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Kathy Rain was received favourably by video game critics. Despite the game's initial sales being underwhelming, publisher Raw Fury vowed to continue supporting the developer.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 399 · most liked firstPlaying a few Next Fest Demos. So far: Duck Detective 2 is VERY cute, but the demo is short. Need Do No Harm is a little confusing in mechanics, but a solid game that I can’t wait to play more of. Lovecraftian “life sim” type game. Kathy Rain 2: Holy shit, looks absolutely gorgeous.
positive · AI labelView post →Excited to join @cressup.bsky.social for the first live interview about Kathy Rain 2! 😁 If you'd like to ask me (Joel) any questions about the game or what we do, don't hesitate to join the chat at 8pm GMT tomorrow! ⬇️
neutral · AI labelView post →We need American voice actors with home studios and video game experience to help us voice Kathy Rain 2! Please get in touch via this contact form with a link to your reel and we'll get back to you asap with audition details (NO DMs please): www.clifftopgames.com/contact/
neutral · AI labelView post →When the game gives you the opportunity to pet the cat in the first room, you pet the damn cat! 🐈 Playing Kathy Rain 2 by @clifftopgames.bsky.social and already deep in the vibes. Hard to believe the original was 9 years ago. This feels right 💜 Big respect for the solid content warnings at startup
positive · AI labelView post →It was fine until the creepy anti abortion/christian purist narrative entered the chat. Now I regret giving this game my money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer launches in 2️⃣ days! 🚀 Continue the saga of Kathy Rain in our first sequel ever, a game we poured our hearts and souls into! It's the year 1998, and Kathy pursues a serial killer in the metropolitan City of Kassidy 🔪🩸🔎
neutral · AI labelView post →A huge thanks to everyone who played the Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer demo and gave us constructive feedback! 🙏 We read every comment and already have a long list of improvements planned for the game based on your suggestions! 🤝
neutral · AI labelView post →Rosewater, Old Skies, Kathy Rain 2 and The Drifter... us adventure game fans are eatin' good in 2025!
neutral · AI labelView 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 →The Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer demo is now live on Steam! 🕵️♀️ Missed the original game? No problem! Here's a video to get you up to speed 🏍️👇 Happy hunting! 🔎 youtu.be/JKQ9LnEPzz8
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy moly, time flies! 🕊️ The 1-year anniversary of Kathy Rain 2 is coming up next Wednesday, May 20! 🎂 To celebrate, we're streaming a playthrough of the game at 19:00 CEST with dev commentary at: www.twitch.tv/clifftopgames Hope to see you all in the chat! 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →There's still a couple days left in steam's detective sale, so inspired by @caseyexplosion.bsky.social I figured I'd make some recs of my own! Starting with Kathy Rain, a solid adventure game with a love-it-or-hate-it Twin Peaks-esque plot, and a promising-looking sequel that just released!
neutral · AI labelView post →A new weekly indie developer interview is up, this time with @clifftopgames.bsky.social whose latest pixel art point & click adventure game, Kathy Rain 2, launched just recently. Go check out their games! Full interview: www.gtogg.com/News/en/Insi... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #KathyRain
neutral · AI labelView post →The ending of @clifftopgames.bsky.social’s Kathy Rain 2 was pretty much perfection. It closed the story off beautifully and answered all the questions I had from the first game. It also leaves the door open for a potential third game, but if that’s it for Kathy Rain, I think they nailed it!
positive · AI labelView post →I really don't understand all the praise for this game. Don't get me wrong; The art is gorgeous, mostly well voice-acted, and it is perfect to play on the Steam Deck (with caveats that I will discuss later). Granted, I was basically going in blind outside of the general understanding that I would have to solve some sort of mystery, so I really didn't know what I was getting myself into story-wise. Still, the story just really didn't click with me. Days 1-3 did the job in setting up the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a big one. Johnny Nys got the honor to review Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer by @clifftopgames.bsky.social. Let’s just say that 2025 continues to give us incredible adventure games. adventuregamehotspot.com/review/4321/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry about the radio silence, folks — we've been incredibly busy with Kathy Rain 2 and there's little time to spare! Happy to say that the game will be part of Steam Next Fest with the demo making a return! 🎉 The event kicks off this Monday at 7:00 PM CET / 1:00 PM ET! Enjoy 😄
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the announcement about the new Kathy Rain game, and the one thing I will say about it is that I’m happy that the Steam page has a Mature Content Warning for “Adult themes, violence & psychological horror” because the first game did/does not, and I feel strongly that it should have.
neutral · AI labelView post →What a day for adventure games. Demo offers glimpse into future of Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement... via @AGHotspot #indiegame #adventuregam
neutral · AI labelView post →Kathy Rain! a game I like probably a bit more than it deserves. nebula.tv/videos/innue...
positive · AI labelView post →A few hours in and I'm really loving Kathy Rain 2 Well worth picking up the first game too, but the new one shows how far @clifftopgames.bsky.social skills have grown It's like if Strangeland by Wormwood Studios & the Rosangela Blackwell games by Wadjet Eye Games had a kid Highly recommended
positive · AI labelView post →Allow me to recommend a game to you! Kathy Rain is a point ‘n click inventory puzzle adventure game. No soft locks for mistakes, press a button to highlight interactables, AMAZING cosmic horror mystery/detective story (yes!), sublime ambient music, great characters, made me audibly gasp at times!
positive · AI labelView post →Brilliant old school Point&Click Adventure! I really like the protagonist and the other characters, the story and gameplay, voice-acting, intro music - and the graphics are nice for that pixel style too. Seriously can't think of anything to complain about! It's easy to miss achievements (I tried every stupid thing I could think of after reading the achievement descriptions as a pointer and still missed 2) but you can't get stuck - if you fail badly the scene will just reload and let you try…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →📢 Wanna get ready for Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer? Say no more! We've got a chunky discount on the first game in the Steam Spring Sale👇 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut (-60%)📉 store.steampowered.com/app/1395030/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just announced at part of The MIX showcase Kathy Rain is back! If you loved the first game as much as I did, make sure to check out the trailer and add the game to your wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/1466390/... #indiegame #adventuregame
neutral · AI labelView post →Who recons the new @clifftopgames.bsky.social game will be a Kathy Rain sequel? Would love to see that, but also keen for anything new!
neutral · AI labelView post →Stream Schedule! It's a 3 day week this time! - Tues. our usual Hades 2 - Thurs. you get to see my art skills with Passpartout~ - Sat. diving into a new mystery game with Kathy Rain! checkout @danzendj.bsky.social He does some awesome work!
neutral · AI labelView post →Kathy’s life has certainly changed since the first game! RAIN INVESTIGATIONS! | Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (BLIND) Ep1 #KathyRain2 #AdventureGame #IndieGame #Gaming youtu.be/l7x7-Ohu8-Q
neutral · AI labelView post →No stream for me tonight, but the wonderful MayveUndead ( @mayveundead.bsky.social ) just came back from a bit of a break and I'd love for y'all to come watch some Kathy Rain (a point and click adventure game) and hangout!! www.twitch.tv/mayveundead
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m really impressed by this demo! THIS NEW KATHY RAIN GAME LOOKS FANTASTIC! | Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer by @clifftopgames.bsky.social | New Adventure Games #KathyRain #AdventureGames #IndieGames #Gaming youtu.be/lCmeyqKwkYI
positive · AI labelView post →#Games 🎮 on my list to finish this year (*’s are replays): 1) Eternal Darkness (currently playing) 2) Daggerfall 3) Age of Wonders 4* (not really a game you finish, but you know) 4) Morrowind* 5) Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (not out yet) 6) Metroid Prime remaster* 7) Silent Hill 2* 8) Dead Space*
neutral · AI labelView post →This is an interesting one, because this game kind of had to pull a thumbs up from my cold, dead hands. But it managed to, somehow. I think I started this game a few times, and really bounced off of it. Put simply, the main character is definitely... well let's just say it is not someone that I feel was directed at the male audience. She's kind of a gross character. That said.. the story started to hook me, and somehow I ended up kind of rooting for her. There's more to this story than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Evidently Steam *hasn't* calmed down, because there are now NINE available [Earth Must Die + 1 other game] bundles! Those games: Lair of the Clockwork God; Expelled!; Loco Motive; Kathy Rain 2; Old Skies; Foolish Mortals; Tangle Tower; Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse; Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't miss out on Andreas Wilcox' (Principal Programmer on Kathy Rain 2) livestreamed @adventurex.bsky.social talk tomorrow about some of the graphical techniques used in the game! Tune in to the AdventureX Twitch channel at 15:00 GMT ⬇️ www.twitch.tv/adventurexpo
neutral · AI labelView post →And the credits roll on Kathy Rain: Director's Cut! This is my #3 finished game of this year and it was fantastic! I always love a good Point and click adventure and this one delivered! I'm so excited for Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer to come out! If you haven't checked this one, please do, it's awesome!
positive · AI labelView post →Any Kathy Rain fans out there? #KathyRain #AdventureGame #IndieGame #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't get me wrong — Kathy Rain is a wonderful game. A great detective adventure with an occult flavour and a likable protagonist. But this Director's Cut is a completely pointless and unnecessary. It doesn't add anything fundamentally new to the game, and it drags out sections that were already good as they were. The whole set of changes between the original game and the DC would've been enough for a small update or a bonus DLC. Instead, we got an entire separate game that costs one and a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I game I contracted on - Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer - has won Best Mystery at the 2005 Hotspot Adventure Game Awards. Guess I can amend my CV to "Award Winning" Narrative Designer.
neutral · AI labelView post →KATHY RAIN!!!! I've had that game in my library for so long i can't wait to see the story!!!
positive · AI labelView post →Doctor Who games I want in no particular order. 1 - A Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines style RPG 2 - XCom style UNIT game 3 - Tomb Raider style River Song game 4 - Sarah Jane Smith investigation game (Like LA Noir but for as a journalist) 5 - Kathy Rain/Gemini Rue style point and click adventure game.
neutral · AI labelView post →An incredible game! WHAT A RIDE IT'S BEEN! | Ending | Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (BLIND) Ep20 #KathyRain2 #AdventureGames #IndieGames youtu.be/PehMjyOD2cU
positive · AI labelView post →I'm ready to point, and to click, across a gorgeous adventure game called KATHY RAIN 2: SOOTHSAYER. Join me won't you? Want some rye? Course 'ya do! twitch.tv/mattjwilson
neutral · AI labelView post →The game starts strong with great, charming characters and an interesting mystery to solve, but by the end it gets so nonsensical that I just couldn't give any ♥♥♥♥♥ whatsoever and I started using a guide to finish the game. And of course, the ending is just as awful as the mystery you're trying to uncover. AND IT STARTED SO STRONG, why did they add supernatural to the story?! The worst decision they could've make. The puzzles/item combinations are also starting to get even more cryptic the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another Detective game in the same week, wowie. We got more Kathy Rain and a new Duck Detective game. And even more MiSide on Saturday. #vtuber #streamer #envtuber twitch.tv/ultravioletsheep
neutral · AI labelView post →KATHY RAIN 2: SOOTHSAYER you know me: I love them point-n-click adventure games with some truly gorgeous pixelart! An absolute marvel to look at, and the puzzles in the demo felt fair (even if I felt one was a little finicky)! Which reminds me: I still need to finish the first game oops
positive · AI labelView post →Any Kathy Rain fans out there? #KathyRain #PointAndClick #AdventureGame #IndieGame #ClifftopGames #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished playing Kathy Rain. Super cool investigative game. I played The Incident at Galley House and it scratched that itch I got playing Seance of Blake Manor. Now on to Kathy Rain 2.
positive · AI labelView post →After last week's absolute shit show of a game, I hand selected Kathy Rain because I deserve a reward after suffering through Under the Cover Emissions (Undercover Missions)
positive · AI labelView post →Check out our nominations for the Adventure Game Hotshot Awards Blue Prince: Best Concept, Best Gameplay, Best Modern Adventure The Séance of Blake Manor: Best Gameplay, Best Mystery, Best Modern Adventure Kathy Rain 2: Best Story, Best Music, Best Gameplay, Best Mystery, Best Traditional Adventure
neutral · AI labelView post →very good short game, played the og years ago and am happy to redo this one before starting 2 also shes for the girls and gays i fear
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic story, awesome voice actor, and some really good puzzles. This game scratched a Gabriel Knight/Twin Peaks itch so completely
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Role Announcement! I voice the police officer and a couple other roles in Kathy Rain 2! A fun point and click mystery game. #gaming #kathyrain2 youtu.be/JNZK--w7L3s?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Buy it or gift it, people. It's such a good game, gave me Gabriel Knight + Kathy Rain vibes with this interesting twist in solving your cases. Yes! Your decision will change parts of the story you play ... in a point&click game! Loved it!
positive · AI labelView post →The viewers have spoken, and so it is time (at 12:30 p.m. ET) for the chat-chosen game of the month: Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer! Then I'll be at @gog.com's Twitch channel at 4 p.m. ET for Pen & Pixels and a special stream of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt--Remastered! Join us on my channel at 12:30 p.m. ET!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game immediately took me back to the LucasArts adventure games I played when I was in my young teens. There’s just something relaxing, satisfying, and nostalgic about this style of game. No need to have the reflexes of a 14-year-old hopped up on Jolt Cola. Just explore, figure things out, enjoy the story, and occasionally wonder how the hell the developers expected you to figure that puzzle out. I especially loved the little nod to Corley Motors. As someone who played Full Throttle back…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →f you're a fan of point and click adventure games I highly recommend Kathy Rain. It's short but so so good, it has that feeling of the old 90s games with awesome pixel art and snappy one liners. Very heartfelt, and deals with some really heavy themes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THANK YOU, I thought I'm the only one who found Thimbleweed Park unfunny and patronizing. "DiD yOu kNoW NiHiLiSm eXiStS???: The Game" good list overall, looking forward to hear about Kathy Rain 2, Perfect Tides 1+2, Paranormasight 1+2, Loco Motive, Thirsty Suitors, Kindergarten 1+2+3, Deep Sleep...
neutral · AI labelView post →I found this game by complete accident when I was watching a top 10 Point-and-Clicks video. This game looked really cool, and it was on sale, so I grabbed it. What followed was a nicely paced Point-and-Click adventure that I super enjoyed and am really looking forward to playing the sequel! You play as Kathy, a university student who majors in journalism. As you're lazing around in your dorm room, your roommate tells you that your grandpa just passed away, and you should go to his funeral.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's... okay+? The game itself is wonderful, looks great, plays amazingly both on controller as well as mouse, great soundtrack and voice work and, most importantly, no obtuse "rubber ducky puzzles". Everything is logical. the story is... not. It starts off pretty great except for one massive foreshadow right off the bat, but then it just descends into unexplained weirdness and supernatural mumbo jumbo. By the end it just goes completely off the rails. I could maybe forgive all of this if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old Skies is a great game, and I plan to play Rosewater (and also Kathy Rain 2) 🙂. Currently, several interesting adventure games have been (or will be) released.
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