Humble Grove’s 29 explores a metaphysical choose-your-own-adventure story (update)

Indie studio Humble Grove’s enigmatic debut is a point-and-click game with a simple name: 29. Its dreamy atmosphere and low-polygon aesthetic recalls the desolate beauty of indie hits like Kentucky Route Zero, and every line of dialogue seems to carry a second meaning. It’ll launch on Steam and itch.io on November 29, and it’s free.

29 is the first chapter in a series called No Longer Home. Though this is Humble Grove’s first full game, the studio previously made a short prequel for a game jam, Friary Road. I’d played that one before, and the 29 demo is similar in how it’s loosely autobiographical and draped in magic realism.