Playing Kafka
A point-and-click adventure through Kafka's stories of bureaucracy and family
Charles Games · Released May 21, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 367
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Dec 6, 2024
What is Playing Kafka?
This free, single-player 3D adventure adapts The Trial, The Castle, and Letter to His Father into three chapters. You use drag-and-drop interactions, solve puzzles, and make dialogue choices in stories about an unexplained arrest, a strained father-son relationship, and a surveyor arriving in a snowy village.
For you if...
- +you enjoy philosophical fiction with surreal, oppressive situations
- +you want a story lasting about ninety minutes
Not for you if...
- −you want action-focused gameplay rather than interactive fiction
- −you expect clear rules and straightforward explanations
What players say
95% of 367 reviews are positive
Players praise the voice acting, music, and art style. Some find the storytelling confusing, particularly when unfamiliar with Kafka's writing.
Screenshots and trailer
Playing Kafka system requirements
Minimum: Iris, 4 GB RAM, 0.8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Playing Kafka?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Core i5-4440
- Graphics
- Intel Iris
- Memory
- 4096 MB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- CPU Intel Core i5-4670K
- Graphics
- GPU GeForce GTX 750 2GB
- Memory
- 8192 MB RAM
Does Playing Kafka have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Playing Kafka run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 8
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, German, Czech. Text only: Traditional Chinese, Turkish.
Does Playing Kafka 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
