Independent narrative games

Stories with more than one way through.

Hand-crafted point-and-click adventures built around curiosity, mystery, and the belief that there is rarely only one solution to a problem.

Hand-drawn worlds · Human-made stories

Featured games

Small games. Long shadows.

Atmospheric adventures for players who like to look closer, ask questions, and discover what is hiding just outside the frame.

Last Christmas game cover showing Frankie outside a snow-covered cabin
Released · 2023

Last Christmas

A short, dark point-and-click adventure. Help Frankie prepare the perfect Christmas at a remote mountain cabin—but beware: the festive cheer is hiding something far more sinister.

  • 30–60 minutes
  • 4 endings
  • 24 achievements
  • 7 languages

Content note: contains mature themes and imagery that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

DARKLIGHT game cover with a lighthouse casting a red beam
Free to play

DARKLIGHT

Brave a desolate lighthouse in 1923 and unravel the chilling enigma that has swallowed its beacon.

Game jam · Play in browser

The Forgotten Guest

A 1960s hotel, a rainy night shift, and one very important guest who has not arrived… yet. A hand-drawn mystery created in two weeks.

Play free on itch.io
Polytely Games: a mysterious figure on an old television

Why Polytely?

There is rarely only one solution.

Our name reflects a philosophy: multiple paths can lead to the same destination. Through games, experiments, and interactive stories, we explore that idea through curiosity, discovery, and creative problem solving.

Every project is another step toward experiences that embrace multiple perspectives, multiple approaches, and multiple solutions.

Curiosity Reward the player who looks twice.
Atmosphere Build worlds that linger after play.
Possibility Leave room for another way forward.

Stay in the story

Come find the next clue.

Follow development, play our smaller experiments, share your theories, or just say hello. The door is open.