The Grim and I

The Grim and I is a 155,000-word interactive novel about death, loss and letting go. After discovering that you are dead, you meet the Grim Reaper, who offers you a way to the Other Side. Your choices shape the story as you decide whether to move on or remain in the world, bound by your past.

Your afterlife

You can play as male, female or non-binary, and as gay, straight or bisexual. Choose your life, including your love and job, then decide whether to let it go. You can leave your body to witness life continuing without you, or try to interfere with it.

You meet, befriend and customise your personal Grim Reaper. Together, you explore death, loss and letting go, while identifying the unfinished business that keeps you tied to the world. Love, fear, rage and ambition can all be revealed through your choices.

Choices and consequences

As chains begin to cover your body, you can fight free or succumb to your vices and haunt the world forever. The Grim Reaper questions your choices and challenges your motives, blurring the line between fiction and reality. The story asks you to confront your instincts and temptations as you decide whether to take the Reaper’s hand or keep clinging to your former life.

The game is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects.