Emily is Away <3 (2021)

Kyle Seeley

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.90 from 60 ratings

936 members have it in their collection · 5 playing now · 616 backlogged · 41 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h · with extras 6h · 100% 8h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

Emily <3 is a brand new game set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
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Details

Developers
Kyle Seeley
Publishers
Kyle Seeley
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulator, Visual Novel
Themes
Romance
Series
Emily Is Away
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 16, 2021 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Rating distribution

5 stars
19
4 stars
21
3 stars
15
2 stars
5
1 star
0
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Community All Reviews Statuses

Trost

Status Trost Oct 3, 2022

Did you know that this game actually has (kinda hidden) replayability?
Without going into hard spoilers: There are some endings that are exclusive to first playthrough, and some other endings require you to be on save slot 2.
So it's almost like an easter egg. The second save slot is secretly a "new game+" mode with different possible endings.
I …

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Did you know that this game actually has (kinda hidden) replayability?
Without going into hard spoilers: There are some endings that are exclusive to first playthrough, and some other endings require you to be on save slot 2.
So it's almost like an easter egg. The second save slot is secretly a "new game+" mode with different possible endings.
I wonder how many people found this out.

Now, if you beat the game already, check out this spoiler and maybe you'll be motivated to play the game again: Your first ever playthrough is absolutely always doomed to "failure", but on the second playthrough you may get the "good endings". More details can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2460589486.

Also, I don't really agree with how people define "good" and "bad" endings in a choise driven games like this.
Having a good time dating somebody for X years and then going your ways after it got stale is seen as a bad thing?

And in general, I try not to treat the choice-driven games with different story branches like a puzzle, where I have to guess how to get the "best outcome". I'm very tempted to do so because gamer's perfectionism, but I realise that the "perfect" path is often less interesting than the story branch where you mess things up.

To be honest, even in real life, sometimes letting go of trying to do things perfectly is a relief.

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Yaru

Status Yaru Apr 17, 2021

As someone whose every important social connection, every friendship, every argument, is or has been online, I have an interesting relationship with the Emily is Away saga, in that I love them, but they also hit in very personal places for me. Two hours on this one and I already wanted to cry once, it's going great.