Stories of Liane

Sci-fi walking simulator about a shipwreck on an uncharted planet

Gearshift Media · Released Mar 1, 2021 · Early Access

As of Oct 28, 2026: Early Access, no updates for over a year

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 123
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 5 years ago; Mar 19, 2021
Minimum PC: DirectX 11 GPU; 8 GB RAM · 8 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Stories of Liane?

A single-player narrative adventure set three centuries in the future, when Earth is uninhabitable and only the powerful have escaped. The opening chapter of a planned story collection casts you as a private investigator sent to determine why a corporate vessel crashed.

For you if...

+you enjoy slow-paced storytelling in dark science-fiction settings

Not for you if...

−you want action-heavy gameplay rather than mostly walking
−you prefer open exploration over a linear route

What players say

74% of 123 reviews are positive

Players praise the environments, lighting, and ambient audio. They criticize the brief, unfinished story and performance problems, with recent reviewers continuing to describe the project as abandoned.

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Stories of Liane system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 8 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
Graphics: DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 compatible graphics card
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB available space

Does Stories of Liane have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Stories of Liane run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English.

Does Stories of Liane use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam