A Winter Story

A Winter Story follows Holder, an employee from a small country on the coast who initially lives in the countryside. After a kangaroo gives you a hint, you leave for a larger country to find someone you miss, but fail on your first attempt. You return home, then set out again for a reason you must discover, and find the person you were looking for.

Explore the story

You move around the map, talk to characters to understand the situation and find your destination, and complete their requests. You investigate mazes, enemies and the principles behind them, and activate switches to open doors. Mechanism puzzles have no in-game hints.

Turn-based combat

Combat takes place in designed wilderness layouts, where enemy troops can restrict your movement and may be impossible to defeat all at once. Enemies use four types of attack: ordinary, brave, outstanding and powerful. Leveling up grants skills, and you need to coordinate each battle with your strategy for passing through the maze.

You cannot be defeated in battle; if you are, the game ends and you must start a new game. Progress depends on exploration, thinking and defeating the enemies you can face, rather than on a ranking list.