Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Game
Game2016
Kathy Rain
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)
366 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
166 positive · 14 negative
95% range 87–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 166 | 14 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 49 | 2 | 93 |
| Mastodon * | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 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
2,200 of 2,391 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 169 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,692 of 4,009 positive).
Players praise the game's gripping mystery and dark, surreal story. [1][2][3] Many appreciate the gorgeous pixel art, solid voice acting, and fitting music. [4][1][5] Some reviewers note the story becomes confusing or loses momentum toward the end. [4][6][7]
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Representative posts
- [9]
I loved 90s point and click adventure games growing up, so I gave this a try. The atmosphere and art is nice, but three things turned me off. (1) The 90s nostalgia feels incomplete. Cathy doesn't look or sound like someone from the 90s (at least to me, who grew up in the 90s). She feels like a contemporary insert. (2) There was nothing that made me interested in playing as Cathy specifically and hearing her view …
- [1]
A gripping mystery that humbled me. I didn’t expect the story to take such a dark and mysterious turn. The first two chapters were smooth sailing—easy enough that I felt pretty confident in my detective skills. But once the logic started getting really complicated, I realized my brain just couldn't keep up anymore. Even so, this is a great game. The voice acting is solid, the music fits the mood perfectly, and you …
- [2]
I really enjoyed this game. The story was great. I usually find myself getting bored with point-and-click games, but this one kept me wanting to know what would happen next. It starts off with college student Kathy attending her grandfather’s funeral and it turns into an investigation into how he became ill. From there, the story just gets stranger and darker. The writing is excellent, the atmosphere is weird in a …
- [5]
Decent classic style point'n'click adventure game. Young detective story with a paranormal twist. PROS: - Very pretty pixel graphics. - Good voice acting. - Good music. - Good puzzles, satisfying to figure out. - Decent story. MEH: - Graphics are mostly static, you can see the limited budget. There could be some basic animations on water, sky, tree leaves etc., but most stuff is static. CONS: - none GAMEPLAY 8/10 …
- [4]
+ Gorgeous pixel art. Not just “nice retro graphics” - expressive animation, great lighting and locations that actually feel authored instead of assembled from a pixel-art starter pack. + It’s short. Adventure games should end before I start resenting the furniture in every room. + No pixel hunting. If the solution is on screen, I’m solving a puzzle - not getting an eye exam. - The story. I finished it. I watched …
Summarised from 34 of the 341 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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Kathy Rain sits at 92% positive across 180 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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 366 · 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 →I loved 90s point and click adventure games growing up, so I gave this a try. The atmosphere and art is nice, but three things turned me off. (1) The 90s nostalgia feels incomplete. Cathy doesn't look or sound like someone from the 90s (at least to me, who grew up in the 90s). She feels like a contemporary insert. (2) There was nothing that made me interested in playing as Cathy specifically and hearing her view point for the whole game, and that's largely because (3) She's a mean, unempathetic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →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 →good story fun little adventure
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're wondering about my playing time: this was a kind of speedrun (even though I got distracted a couple of times, I bet it could be done faster of course) after I played the Director's cut and discovered I had this in my library as well - yeah, I'm that dumb and unorganized. As I wanted the collecting cards and another 100% game, I didn't really mind doing this again, it's a really cool Point&Click adventure that I wholeheartedly recommend! Go get the Director's cut though, it's a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →The @gog.com page for Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer is up! 🎉 www.gog.com/en/game/kath...
neutral · AI labelView 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 →📢 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 →Nice and short point-and-click detective game. A bit older, but still worth playing.
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 →+ Gorgeous pixel art. Not just “nice retro graphics” - expressive animation, great lighting and locations that actually feel authored instead of assembled from a pixel-art starter pack. + It’s short. Adventure games should end before I start resenting the furniture in every room. + No pixel hunting. If the solution is on screen, I’m solving a puzzle - not getting an eye exam. - The story. I finished it. I watched the ending. I still have roughly the same idea what happened as my cat. - Moving…
positive · 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 →Pretty good point and click detective game. The puzzles were enjoyable, the graphics, voice acting and presentation are all very good. A few good characters, but not many with a lot of personality - too many characters in service roles. My favourite character - aside from the protagonist - was a homeless man you meet a few times. Lots of Twin Peaks references in there, but I don't know whether that was a good idea because then it just made me feel like... this was Twin Peaks but without a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Öoo (breezy metroidbrainina) Cabernet (adventure game. Pentiment-ish) Kathy Rain 2: The Soothsayer Back to the Dawn (prison escape rpg) House of Necrosis (resident evil mystery dungeon)
neutral · AI labelView post →Mediocre crap, got boring even before launch.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You play as Kathy Rain, a somewhat 2000s-edgy young adult, who is trying to cope with a lot of family trauma while investigating the suspicious happenings surrounding her grandfather's life. There is a lot of nods to more famous media like Twin Peaks, True Detective etc. and it mostly works. I think the beginning is certainly more interesting than the end but that's probably just my general dislike of overly metaphorical storytelling.
positive · 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 →A gripping mystery that humbled me. I didn’t expect the story to take such a dark and mysterious turn. The first two chapters were smooth sailing—easy enough that I felt pretty confident in my detective skills. But once the logic started getting really complicated, I realized my brain just couldn't keep up anymore. Even so, this is a great game. The voice acting is solid, the music fits the mood perfectly, and you really can't fault the classic pixel art style. It has so much charm.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →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 →Kathy Rain is old school point & click adventure games created using old Adventure Game Engine. Using old engine means the graphic uses really low resolution sprite like the 80's/early 90's games of the genre. The director's cut version probably uses newer or modern engine & higher resolution graphics. Despite that, the environment detail is good enough to look and you clearly can tell what object is what on the screen. The music & sound is just so-so, nothing great, nothing bad either. I just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Me and my Dad built a fence this week. It looks amazing, but I'm totally wiped and my right knee is swollen huge. Getting old sucks, although it does beat the alternative. Additionally; Kathy Rain is a great game, and even though I haven't played it in almost 6 years, I remember it fondly as one of the great point and click adventures of the past decade. Buying the Director's cut now and will play that through before playing Soothsayer. I really just wanted to complain about my swollen…
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...
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