The Path
A horror walking simulator about straying from a fairy-tale path
Tale of Tales · Released Mar 18, 2009
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 81% of 938
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- Jun 13, 2019
Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Path?
A short, third-person horror adventure based on Little Red Riding Hood and set in the modern day. You control six sisters one at a time as they travel to their sick grandmother's house, exploring the surrounding forest and interacting with objects along the way.
For you if...
- +you prefer unhurried exploration without timers or difficult puzzles
- +you enjoy interpreting symbolism and ambiguous stories
Not for you if...
- −you want combat or enemies to defeat
- −you avoid stories with implied violence and sexuality
What players say
81% of 938 reviews are positive
Players praise the uneasy forest atmosphere and the soundtrack.
Screenshots and trailer
The Path system requirements
Minimum: Recent ®, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Path?
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- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista
- Processor
- 2 Ghz
- Graphics
- Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB
Does The Path have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Path run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Display output has nonblocking issues
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Dutch, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain.
Does The Path 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
Tags
- Walking Simulator
- Indie
- Horror
- Female Protagonist
- Exploration
- Adventure
- Surreal
- Experimental
- Atmospheric
- Gothic
- Singleplayer
- Dark
- Psychological Horror
- Story Rich
- Third Person
- Great Soundtrack
Recent updates
- Jun 13, 2019 · Minor update with crash fix
- Feb 8, 2014 · The Path Mac Update!
- Feb 8, 2014 · The Path Mac Update!
