The Fall
Side-scrolling sci-fi adventure with puzzles built around an AI's rules
Over The Moon · Released May 30, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 2,865
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- May 24, 2018
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Fall?
In this single-player, side-scrolling adventure, you control ARID, a combat suit's AI seeking medical help for its unconscious pilot on an unknown planet. You search dark ruins with a flashlight, examine objects, solve item-based puzzles, and shoot hostile machines. This is the first part of a continuing story.
For you if...
- +you enjoy stories about artificial intelligence and moral dilemmas
Not for you if...
- −you want a long, self-contained story
- −you expect combat to be the main focus
What players say
88% of 2,865 reviews are positive
Players praise the writing, voice acting, and atmosphere. Recurring complaints concern awkward controls and obscure puzzle solutions.
Screenshots and trailer
The Fall system requirements
Minimum: 8600, 3 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Fall?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP3 or later
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz dual core
- Graphics
- GeForce 8600 or equivalent, 256 MB memory
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 530 MB available space
Does The Fall have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Fall 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
- 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
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 17
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
Does The Fall 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
- Adventure
- Sci-fi
- Indie
- Atmospheric
- Puzzle
- Action
- Story Rich
- Side Scroller
- Singleplayer
- Point & Click
- Horror
- Female Protagonist
- Robots
- Episodic
- 2D
- Dark
1 DLC available.
