Buried: An Interactive Story
Text-based horror adventure where your choices determine who survives
Bromoco Games · Released Jan 22, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 96% of 171
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is Buried: An Interactive Story?
This single-player interactive story follows Roger Hastings, a logger who wakes in the forest with his crew missing and no memory of what happened. Across five chapters, you read text accompanied by photos and sound, choosing how to approach danger and whom to trust.
For you if...
- +you enjoy science fiction mixed with horror and mystery
- +you prefer short stories that move at your own pace
Not for you if...
- −you want action-focused gameplay rather than reading and making decisions
What players say
96% of 171 reviews are positive
Players praise the atmosphere, ambient sound, and storytelling. Some say most choices lead back to the same plot, limiting replay value. A recent Linux player reports that the game no longer launches on their system.
Screenshots and trailer
Buried: An Interactive Story system requirements
Minimum: DX9 (shader model 2.0) ca…, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Buried: An Interactive Story?
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- OS
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz
- Graphics
- DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 472 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Buried: An Interactive Story have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Buried: An Interactive Story run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- 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, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Buried: An Interactive Story 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
