You Never Knew
A downloadable game for Windows
About this game
You play as Toby, a regular 23-year-old guy working an office job.
It was Friday. Labor Day. No work that day.
And then he got a message.
Emma, his childhood crush, invited him to hang out that night.
It felt like the perfect chance to finally confess his feelings...
But the night didn’t go as planned.
What is this game?
A first-person psychological horror game based on real-life fears.
No paranormal stuff. Just tense, awkward, and disturbingly relatable moments.
Explore, talk, make choices. And try to make it through the night.
Inspired by games like Fears to Fathom, this short experience tells a grounded, eerie story that could happen in real life.
Key features
- Atmospheric visuals with urban and rural settings
- Receive texts from NPCs
- Talk to NPC's
- Player voice activity
- Immersive, grounded storytelling
Controls
- WASD - Move
- LMB / E / G - Interact
- ESC - Chats menu
Thanks for checking it out.
I’m learning as I go, so any feedback is super appreciated.
If you enjoyed it, feel free to follow me here or on Youtube to see what’s next.
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MY JOURNEY 👇
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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I purchased the game was very excited to play it and I love the music in it as well but experienced tech issues after arriving at Emma's house it was as if the characters were not completely done loading. Is there anything I can do?
Such a W game, I can't wait to see more games!
I just wanted to say I'm a fan of You Never Knew - it's such a cool game with a lot of potential, and I really enjoyed the grounded horror vibe you created. I work on publishing/marketing side of indie games and would love to chat about ideas to help get your work in front of more plyers. No pressure at all, but if you are open to a quick chat, you can reach me at
@gamehaven.eu on insta
my contact email: game.haven.eu@gmail.com
For some reason when I try running the app-it's telling me that it can't run due to, "UNKNOWN PUBLISHER." Has anyone else had any problems with this? Or know any ways that I can fix it? I've checked my computer for updates, doing a system check, deleting and reinstalling, merging all files into one. Yet, nothing seems to work. Which really sucks, because I've seen good things about this game and I really wanted to play it.
run anyway . That’s what you click on when it says unknown publisher on that mini blue s teen
Very buggy, I recommend a saving system in the future, had to redo many parts all over again, but a good game overall
Story wise, this game is great. Sadly I think it takes WAYY too long before anything happens. Very good world building and npc's are neat though.
I made a video on your game if you're interested :)I really enjoyed this game. I'm not sure if my computer was struggling or it was the game, but I was unable to get another ending. Every time I restarted the checkpoint that has the cooking tasks, I would get stuck. I tried it over 10 times trying to be careful of what I picked up and would still end up stuck. I wish I could have made it through, but I would still recommend playing :)
Minus the bugs in this game, this game was actually funny and entertaining, a bit confusing, but entertaining lol
this game was very buggy and goofy. sometimes i didnt know what i was doing especially when i was cooking the dinner. but hey i cant make no games. i also hope to be a full time youtuber one day!
there are many bugs but i was enjoying case's stream and got mad when he stopped
Yeah, the main bugs was the lights off and the dogs barking. I fixed that in the next version but he played the first one :c
you shold go in his chat and ask to play again and say its better and it was the first version
Could you all make a version for MacBooks? I want to know how this game ends.
I've never done that before, but I can take a look at it
caseoh is an idiot who has the attention span and brains of a 5 year old who doesn't realize muting a game is a thing
Bro he played the first release which was very buggy :(
LateDev,
I'm in dire need of the opening song to the game. Is there any way to access it? I want to listen to on loop for the next 6 years.
Heree https://pixabay.com/music/rnb-nighttime-whispers-hip-hop-lo-fi-271197/
A masterpiece huh?
MASTERPIECE. you’re awesome. thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your comment Travis! I'm really enjoying your gameplay and I've already fixed the bug as well :)
Awesome! And thank you for watching. I really appreciate it :)
I discovered a bug on this game, the game let you to leave the store without shoping bag. after you come "home" you can't advance in the game and you need to replay full checkpoint.
Mabye you can make the cashier to stop you when you forget the shoping bag
In rest the game is nice
Noo, I thought everyone would see it :(
It's fixed now. Thanks for your comment!
Walking is way to slow and I have no clue where Emma is
also in the trailer there is light in Emma house but in the actual game it has no light
You're right. Logic problem already solved. Appreciate your feedback :)
when it says make dinner
when in emma house i cant get off of the chair
there is multiple bugs in the house with emma
I honestly couldn't continue the game because of those exaggerated repeated barks that you added, the gameplay was solid until this started.
Idk if it was an Bug or something.. just saying, totally desnecessary barks.
Thank you for your comment, it helped me a lot. Yeah it was a weird bug but it's solved now :)
well thats awesome to hear! Honestly i'll give it a try, probably today i'll play this game again. Seems to be an interesting story, thanks for fixing it ! Success my brother