Sketchy Fables
Explore a fully hand-drawn open world full of innocence, until the childlike mind gives way.
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11 itemsAbout the Game
An Unforeseen Invitation
You wake up in your bedroom at home. In your thoughts lingers the heartwarming invitation to visit your grandmother, who lives in the tallest skyscraper of the bustling city. The world lies open before you, but will you set out on the journey to her, or will unexpected events lead you in a completely different direction? The choice is yours.
Your fights change reality
In Sketchy Fables, your kills determine which layer of the world becomes visible. Spiritual attacks with butterflies or music raise your frequency and reveal beauty. Brutal shotgun kills pull the world downward, into dark layers filled with loss, decay, and the end of lives.
Fully Hand-Drawn World
Immerse yourself in a meticulously crafted game world featuring over 10,000 unique, hand-drawn and animated artworks.
Personalized Adventure
Experience a game focused on personal exploration, filled with countless random encounters and surprises waiting to be found.
Some highlights
■ A fully open sandbox world with no loading screens.
■ Dynamic dialogue: walk away from conversations whenever you want.
■ 196 unique items to unlock in your Journal.
■ A bicycle with a rear rack to carry artifacts, harvest, and your Scrolly pet while exploring the world.
■ Hundreds of unique, hand-animated NPCs and lively details, each with their own place in the game world. The ambition was to create a living animated film or comic, where new narrative animations can be discovered every few steps.
■ Various tools, including a detector with a screen, sound, and a blinking light that lets you know when a discovery is nearby.
■ Lead role voiced by actress Sarah Grayson, known from Gone Home and Hades II.
Let your curiosity guide you—this game is a celebration of creativity, wonder, and discovery.
