Kathy Rain
Point-and-click mystery investigating a grandfather's death in a 1990s hometown
Clifftop Games · Published by Raw Fury · Released May 5, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 1,914
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- Feb 22, 2019
Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)
What is Kathy Rain?
Set in the 1990s, this single-player, pixel-art adventure follows journalism student Kathy Rain as she investigates her grandfather's death in her hometown. You follow clues, talk to people, and solve puzzles by pointing and clicking.
For you if...
- +you enjoy slow-burn detective stories with eerie turns
- +you like pixel-art adventures centered on dialogue and clues
- +you prefer a short, single-player story
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action-focused games to dialogue-heavy investigations
- −you want a lighthearted story without dark themes
What players say
93% of 1,914 reviews are positive
Players praise the pixel art, voice acting, mystery, and puzzles. Some find the pacing slow or the puzzles obscure; others say the story's resolution is confusing or unsatisfying.
How many players finish Kathy Rain?
16% of Steam players have unlocked «Been there, done that», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Kathy Rain system requirements
Minimum: 320 x 240 32 bit, 0.1 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Kathy Rain?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 300 MHz Processor
- Graphics
- 320 x 240 32 bit
- Memory
- 128 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- Video: DirectX & Directdraw Supported
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 or higher
- Processor
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Kathy Rain have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Kathy Rain run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- 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
- 20
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish.
Does Kathy Rain 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
