Emily is Away Too
Choice-driven chat sim about senior-year friendships and relationships
Kyle Seeley · Released May 26, 2017
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 6,244
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 18 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 4
- peak 24h 5
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)
What is Emily is Away Too?
A single-player, text-based story set in a 2006-style instant messenger during your senior year of high school. You message Emily and Evelyn, choose replies that shape separate conversations and lead to different endings, and follow links to social profiles and videos.
For you if...
- +you enjoy stories shaped by dialogue choices
- +you like mid-2000s internet culture and desktop details
- +you want a short story with multiple endings
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action to reading chat conversations
- −you dislike high school relationship drama
What players say
93% of 6,244 reviews are positive · 83% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the mid-2000s chat interface, web details, and character writing. Some find the choices too similar or the relationship outcomes arbitrary. A recent player reports broken links, while another reports save trouble on Linux.
Screenshots and trailer
Emily is Away Too system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10
- Processor
- Intel
- Graphics
- 800x600 High Color +
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
- Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
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