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Rue Valley

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3.9/5

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3.9

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Rue Valley
Description
  Break free from a mysterious time loop! Embark on a journey of self-discovery and resilience. Delve into the enigmatic depths of the small godforsaken town: Rue Valley.  Each day feels like an uphill battle against the shadows of your own mind. Along the way, you will encounter a captivat...
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3.9/5

( 17 Reviews )

3.9

17 Reviews

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Product details
2025, Emotion Spark Studio, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated wi...
DLCs
Rue Valley - Original Soundtrack
Time to beat
8 hMain
15.5 h Main + Sides
29 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles
Description

 

Break free from a mysterious time loop! Embark on a journey of self-discovery and resilience. Delve into the enigmatic depths of the small godforsaken town: Rue Valley. 

Each day feels like an uphill battle against the shadows of your own mind. Along the way, you will encounter a captivating ensemble of characters, each wrestling with their own emotional complexities and revealing hidden depths as you get to know them. 

Can you muster the courage to unravel the secrets of this temporal anomaly? Can you discover the strength within yourself to rise above adversity and forge a brighter tomorrow?
 


Craft your own personality in Rue Valley. You can be a cold-hearted loner who overthinks everything or a melodramatic loudmouth who always trusts their gut instinct. 

Whether you reflect your true personality or role-play someone entirely different, your character will shape your dialogues and interactions in the game. 

Store memories in a graph, unlocking intentions and mindsets as you progress uniquely through the story. Commit to quirky mindsets for unexpected and hilarious dialogues, and experience personality-altering Status Effects: become more outgoing when drunk, or extra sensitive when anxious. 

Experiment with different answers and timelines, because the loop will restart from the beginning anyway, won't it?

 

 

 

Rue Valley ©2024 developed by Emotion Spark Studio. Published by Owlcat Games. Rue Valley, Emotion Spark Studio, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, locations, and characters, are trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Emotion Spark Games LTD. Owlcat Games is a trademark of Owlcat Games LTD. All rights reserved to their respective owners.

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Supporter Pack
Soundtrack (MP3)
Soundtrack (WAV)
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
8 hMain
15.5 h Main + Sides
29 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Deutsch
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français
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русский
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中文(简体)
audio
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Critics reviews
68
Top Critic Average
39 %
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Edited on: November 24, 2025

Posted on: November 24, 2025

victiln

Verified owner

Games: 96 Reviews: 1

Not really an RPG, but a great story

The game has a good, moving story, but it's more of a visual novel, not an RPG like Disco Elysium. There were like 5 skill checks and their outcomes didn't seem to matter that much. The concept of a time loop was well utilized I think, but all in all the game *felt* linear like a good old adventure game (but maybe it's not actually linear and it's an entirely different experience to play it again with different skills and different order of doing things). The loop started getting tedious at some point, but I'm guessing it was a part of experience, to immerse yourself with Eugene's situation. I like the music and the art style. I played it both on Mac through CrossOver and my old PC and it ran without issues. Also, I play more puzzle-oriented games recently (e.g. Seance of Blake Manor, Darkest Files etc), and compated to these I didn't have to think that much, or piece the pieces of the puzzle. But I guess the same could be said about DE.


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Posted on: November 14, 2025

B72X6

Verified owner

Games: 1031 Reviews: 8

A wild time loop adventure!

Rue Valley itches that Disco fever's adventure side but no rpg but it's okay! You will play as guy with flawed mind and hate the palce he request to stay.. then time loop happen and you going have find out why and fight your own mind at same time. You get light roleplay, you decide what your flaws you start as both good and bad effects. The writing and story is fun to read! Characters are great to get know and even learn one of many paths to end the time loop. I would recommed try demo and see if it's for you!


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Posted on: November 14, 2025

volberg

Games: 137 Reviews: 1

Mandatory title

I'm just obessed with time loops. Whenever I see a movie or other media with a time loop, all I can think is "what would I do?"- This game is this experience for me. I'm in. I'm all in.


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Edited on: November 14, 2025

Posted on: November 13, 2025

data5x

Verified owner

Games: 193 Reviews: 63

'You' are a LIAR, to begin with...

Yep, right from the start, whatever characteristics you chose in the broken character set-up, and in dialogue choices, you begin this game and likely continue as a pathetic lying jerk. Just to let Others know; reminds me of a bad employment application or some of the worst personality tests I have ever seen: trying to weed-out the psychotics -- who surprise everyone in that they can NOT be detected until they go off their head with a gun. It is we nervous folk who are actually the SANER ones. Lol. The game otherwise ran well, before I soon uninstalled it for how overly cynical this game seemed: If there is a middle between introvert and extravert, for example, there should also be choices on both sides of the spectrum; the game even labels 'ambiverted' as balanced. Yet You can NOT CHOOSE but the extremes to be MORE of one or the other, not a bit of both: Most people ARE a bit of both; most who are a bit OFF are also a bit of both, NOT extreme. And NOT all are liars, though all dialogues seem to think so, or that one would play it this way: NOT ALL would want to play that way; I did not! This is the only choice though, given at times, is to LIE: This very much put me off from the game until realizing later is part of the point of the game, as 'you' ARE antisocial at first... I gave it another try, went further into it, and now am enjoying it VERY much: Too soon I reviewed it previously, but I now give it four stars, as is even funny and well-conceived, though I still feel would be more realistic if character creation were a bit better, and more than just negative answers to begin with. Again, not all who are depressed are that cynical, or liars to begin with. In this game he IS... Get past that, and it gets BETTER. :-)


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