Kathy Rain
Step into the gaming world with Kathy Rain, one of the top $2.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Raw Fury AB, this captivating Puzzle game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 12+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 23rd November 2016, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 22nd February 2022.
Whether you have a liking for Puzzle, Adventure, games, Kathy Rain is sure to keep you hooked!
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Sometimes coming home brings more questions than answers…
Kathy Rain is a beautiful and nostalgic homage to the classic point-and-click adventure genre of games, built seamlessly for your touchscreen device. Search for clues and solve puzzles in a compelling small-town drama set in the mid-1990’s.
After learning of her grandfather’s untimely passing, Kathy Rain, a strong-willed journalism student, returns to her hometown for the first time in many years to pay her respects — but things are not what they seem. An air of mystery surrounds the circumstances of Joseph Rain’s death, involving unsolved investigations and disturbing behavior from the locals, driving Kathy to vow to uncover the truth for her widowed grandmother.
As she follows a trail of clues he left behind, questions emerge… What was Joseph Rain really looking for that night all those years ago? What turned him into a mere shell of a man, confined to a wheelchair? What secret did a suicidal young artist take with her to the grave, and why are so many people in Conwell Springs going mad? Armed with her motorcycle, a pack of smokes, and her sharp wit, Kathy soon discovers that the truth is more dark and sinister than she ever imagined…
CLASSIC NOSTALGIC GAMEPLAY
An homage to timeless point-and-click adventure games like King’s Quest with beautiful hand-drawn pixel art design, complete with classic 4:3 resolution.
UNCOVER THE MYSTERY
Use your keen intuition to discover clues, piece together evidence, and connect the dots in a mysteriously compelling narrative set in a small-town backdrop in the mid 90’s.
CINEMATIC PRESENTATION
Immerse yourself in a sublime original music score and over 4,000 lines of English dialogue, voice directed by Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Games.
Kathy Rain is developed by Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury.
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Kathy Rain on 22nd February 2022:
Added iOS 15 support
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Lovable protagonist, intriguing mystery, no bugs. A great play, especially for any fellow The Longest Journey fans.
This was an absolute knockout. The story is compelling – a nice 90s throwback a la Twin Peaks and The X Files, creepy and atmospheric, but not to the point that we found it hard to play. The voice acting is excellent across the board, and the character design is fantastic. Kathy is so fun and relatable, but definitely not a Mary Sue. The puzzles were challenging, but not frustrating. We are PRAYING that there is a sequel coming!
Absolutely devoured it! Once we started, we seriously couldnt stop. Highly recommend!
We truly enjoyed this game. So captivating and fun with a super intriguing plot. Please make more!!!
No Spoilers but… NEEDS huge TRIGGER WARNINGS for abortion, family trauma, adoption/neglect, suicide, mental health and Religious trauma; portrays all very well. Great game, definitely an "M" rating. GOOD MYSTEY & PUZZLES are easy enough by listening to Kathy. That said PLS THINK about whether the above issues REALLY bother you B4 BUYING/PLAYING!! 1) You play the whole game as Kathy and to progress you MUST confront said issues and deal with her inner "demons". That said the game does make u think about life itself.. And you face moral dilemma, just as you do in "Whispers of the Machine" 2) . MUCH more enjoyable than Blackwell series, provides @ 6-7 hr game time if u want it to. Good acting and soundtrack adds a lot… Wear earbuds!!! 3)All in all thanks to devs (again) for another thought provoking point and click game:) 4) Took one star off for the things mentioned for Trigger warning. You truly experience the essence of these situations and people should know that:) 5) Also.. As another reviewer said… Swearing is prevalent ( plenty of gd and fbombs so be careful round little ones:)
Music is overlapping with other music in the game and its very distracting. Game is great otherwise we just wish we could near the music without it being overlapped.
Ughh Apple made us buy this game multiple times, even though the App Store shared we should have been able to share with our familys plan. Furthermore, multiple skips when the story needed to move forward made this unplayable and not a fun game. We tried to enjoy playing this on our own, problems with the interface led us to program walkthroughs and the glitches we experienced even after seeing how this game should behave led to our 1 star.
After a 25+ year hiatus from point and click adventure games, Kathy Rain was our first return to the genre. We were engrossed by the storyline. The voice acting is excellent, especially the voice of Kathy that gave the character so much personality. In the 1990s we loved the Sierra games like Kings Quest, Space Quest and Gabriel Knight. Kathy Rain reminds us most of the Gabriel Knight series, with its delving into old family secrets and the occult. We think in some ways we enjoyed Kathy Rain even more, because she is so sassy (yet with a vulnerable side)! We liked her so much. The puzzles are not that hard, although in our impatience, we did look at a walkthrough a couple of times. We enjoyed everything about this game except for the visuals. We understand it was a nostalgic-aesthetic-economic choice, but the pixelation made certain details hard to see on our iPhone. We would have enjoyed the game even more if the visuals were more realistic and in higher resolution (given what todays iPhones/iPads can do). We read on Raw Furys blog that this game was not an immediate success initially, but if it has reached someone like us in 2021 (who has literally been living under a rock game-wise) it must have achieved a well-deserved level of success and fame. We are so glad that games like this are still being made. It is nice to push our adult responsibilities away for a few hours and just have some fun like we used to as a kid. And what an achievement that the game developer is pretty much a 1-man show! We hope he will make a sequel. Kathy Rain has so much life in her and we would love to see what more adventures she will have. PS: Kathy has some emotional baggage that we think requires the player to have enough maturity, empathy and open mindedness to appreciate. While there isnt anything overtly objectionable (no nudity or sex, only cursing once or twice), the age rating of 12+ seems a bit low for us. We would not want our own kids to play this game at 12. YMMV.
This is one of the best games we have ever played. The plot was so original and the artwork was beautiful. The gameplay was extensive and it took us quite a long time to finish it.
We loved this game! Great story and amazing voice acting that brings it to life. We love that they had voice actors, we dont mind reading dialog, but it just adds something extra when a game is voiced. We love the throw back feel from the 64 bit graphics. The length of the game is good, and difficulty is challenging that it took us time to play thru and dare we say we had to refer to walkthroughs a few times lol a hint function is always a plus, but thats player choice. Thank you for making great games! Please make more like this and Whispers of a Machine (another of our favs)
We work. A lot. Multiple jobs in a fast paced industry. As such, we dont get a lot of downtime, and as much as we love games that really pack in the mystery and action, we find myself gravitating towards quick things that can satisfy our need for recreation in 15 minutes or less. But this game…! Our fianc recommended it to us late on a Wednesday night. And we had a very difficult time going to work on Thursday. We were supposed to work out a few kinks in a freelancing project Thursday night, but we just couldnt put this down! Kathy Rain is captivating. The style, the cadence, the acting, and the plot all come together into an incredible mystery that takes a fairly unexpected twist. The attention to detail and era are stellar, and the pace of the reveals keeps the player driving ever forward. Its not a slog- its a pleasure. We highly recommend this game to absolutely anyone who had ever had an interest in point and click adventures and/or mysteries… But maybe play it on your day off!
Game can be finished in a couple days, but feels a lot like the old Sierra and Lucasarts games. We would recommend it.
Interesting story, creative puzzles and it runs well. No ads or anything annoying like that either.
Am excited to move forward with this app, but we are stuck on Day 1 and cant seem to advance. Pretty sure weve found all the clues were supposed to find (have consulted multiple walk through to confirm) but the way to return to her dorm room never comes up – she can only go to Grandmas, the cemetery, sherriffs office or the Myers house- cant figure out how to to get back to the dorm and start day 2. Its been almost a week, we have quit and started over a few times, help!
Why are the graphics so bad? Can hardly read the dialogue they are so pixelated. Deleted and downloaded the game twice and nothing different. Could someone please fix?
We absolutely loved this game. For the low price a short game is just right. Took us a few hour to beat it. But we couldnt put it down. So fun and easy to use on IOS. We recommend this game strongly.
We needed a fix after finishing the Blackwell games and this fit the bill. We loved the lead characters sense of humor and moxie, as well as her family backstory that grows to encompass a small town. Cool twists and turns. Favorite sidebar character interactions have to be with the actor/bum and his z grade movie plots. But overall, just a great little game and mystery that wraps up in an interesting way.
Wonderful game, felt like Kings Quest but with its own unique and emotional story. Worth every penny. Thanks!
If anything it feels like a steal that we can play a game of this length and caliber on our phone. We have not regretted this purchase!
This is hands down one of the best point and click games for the iOS. This and the Blackwell series.
This is literally our first review. We play a lot of games on our phone but this game was truly a blast. We stayed up way past our bed time to finish it and now we have to be up for work in 4 hrs. But the game was worth it.
Quality mystery adventure game, enjoyed it through and through. Please make more point and click thrillers like this!
The 8-bit style graphics are more than a little twee, but otherwise, big fun. Challenging but not too much so. Engaging characters, involving storyline. Worth the money.
Huge fan of Gabriel Knight, Monkey Island, Kings Quest, Maniac Mansion, and all those games. This game was on par with those old classics and was a real treat to play. Story had us hooked and we were able to finish it without any Googling. Great voice acting and really fun to play. Gorgeous pixel graphics. Hope to see more games from this dev team. So good.
Wonderful 8 bit retro graphics, incredibly detailed plot, and terrific voice over acting make this most definitely R rated point and click adventure game an absolute keeper. What started off as a fairly basic mystery ended up jumping both feet first into Twin Peaks territory. If there’s any negative it’s that the final showdown felt like it was over to fast. That said, if you were a Monkey Island kid (and are now fully grown up) and you appreciate adult themes, then grab this game now. Just don’t blame us if the Red Man visits you in your dreams afterwards.
We played Thimbleweed Park and wanted more of the same. We tried a few others, but we didnt love them. They were too hard to pick up if we didnt play for a few days. We did use a walkthrough a few times. Most of the steps we missed were face-palmers. There were a couple that we would have never figured out because there were items that had to be clicked on a second time, later in the story. So much fun! 06/30/19.
We really enjoyed this game. It reminded us a lot of Full Throttle with the mechanics, the biker gang, and the Corley Motors references. It had some creepy moments that gave us chills similar to Oxenfree. Its dark with an interesting storyline, fun characters, and challenging detective work. We played through it in a few days. We took a star off, because we wish there had been more game. There couldve been a few more locations, ones that are mentioned but that you cant visit. Overall, we would definitely recommend it and will play any future Kathy Rain games. Also, dont miss the post-credit sequence!
As we said, the storyline is really great. The artwork is also very good. The characters physical movement was not super fluid but detailed. The game has a lot of dialog and sometimes you’re just sitting there not doing anything while they talk. It reminds us of Blackwell. The game kind of leads you around at times so we felt like it was playing without us here and there. On an iPhone, it was sometimes hard to find the exact spot to click as objects were small. A few unintuitive puzzles. It was a good mystery that you dont really solve yourself, the game does, and somewhat slow moving because of the way you get from place to place. Some good merits here and while we enjoy this type of game, we prefer Thimbleweed Park, Macinarium, Yesterday, Inner World and Pendulo Studios type better.
We read some great reviews, and found the game to be worth the price. It has a lot of deep history in several of the characters, good flow, and the graphics are wonderfully done. It was hard to navigate through some scenes on the I-pad. When trying to talk to a character, we couldnt always pick what we wanted to say because the options were overlapped by the action button. Once we picked the action to talk, it would also register the sentence directly under the action button. It also wouldnt give us all the actions properly. When we would drag an item to show to someone, it would register that we were using it on the person, which didnt make sense, and wouldnt work. As a side note there are a few topics that may be difficult for some gamers, and we would not recommend playing this game around small children if swearing is not a normal thing in your home. There are several that are really offensive to some people. We do wish that there had been a little more interaction with some of the scene items, even if it didnt further the plot.
We did enjoy the game. Just wanted to warn parents that the second half of the game features frequent strong language that is not listed in the game’s age rating.
We purchased this game cause it got such great reviews. Theres no hints so youre going back and forth between locations and trying everything to see what works, so it gets old fast. Had to look up a walkthrough and theres a bug leaving Mrs. Myers house, the next location doesnt appear, so we cant finish the game. Definitely not worth $5.
Kathy is a cocky selfish vulgar girl who likes to insult her christian roomie who is only ever nice and helps her out. Sheesh we couldnt even finish the game it was so cringey.
This was a great game. Long gameplay, amazing character and story. It is rated R, FYI. It has the traditional annoyances of this type of game- long waits while your character moves from here to there, trouble making out objects, but all that is part of the genre. The art is great, and did we say it was a great story? I’d love a Kathy Rain 2, maybe with a few more puzzles this time- it was a little light on puzzles. Our only beef with it was that it was super specific about the actions you needed to take, which could make it challenging to know if you are on the right path. Thanks for the great experience!
If you like point and click adventure games, don’t hesitate to download this one, solid.
We thought, ‘ugh another plodding mystery adventure game (which isn’t bad, but we tend to be impatient). Such beautiful atmosphere, amazing voice acting (seriously good) and we don’t know the word for it, but the mixture of pixel art with soft effects and lighting worked so well. Oh and the music is so good, it’s haunting, never annoying or repetitive. We had no idea this was pretty dark and definitely not PG, there’s a lot of cursing and some dark events. The puzzles (for me) were very very original and difficult, made you want to get out a pen n paper and scribble to figure it out. There were not many puzzles but the ones there were so well thought out, never monotonous. We really enjoyed the detailed environment (objects to interact with, things to examine.) The length was satisfying. It was really really good. We did use a walk through occasionally because we’re lazy and sometimes we got tired of tracking over the same sites over n over. Only issue: on the IPad there is some glitch in certain locations which when you push to see ‘hot spots’, they are overlapped and in the wrong places. We saw this in many rooms. Great game.
So far it feels more like a point and click version of an escape the room game; which isnt a bad thing in and of itself, except for the fact that we downloaded this game after completing Thimbleweed Park (Im 35 and grew up on Sierra and LucasArts) based on recommended apps you might also like… Not a problem! Im still open to a new experience and have no regrets over spending five dollars! (The description and reviews could more accurately represent the story-based click-through (the puzzles are far more sparse than a Space Quest or a Monkey Island). That being said, we dont expect a knock-off of those games, either. Im enjoying this game for what it is. Im giving 5 stars because the game is well-made. We recommend!
Really fun, story is good enough. Really reminded us of the old adventure games we loved. Gabriel Knight especially!
We dont have much to add to the other glowing reviews. Great storyline with puzzles that support the story. Enjoy!
Exceedingly well-made. Not only a great shout-out to the games of our childhood (Police Quest & Quest for Glory), but it stands tall among today’s games. This shows that adventure games are indeed alive and well! Hope to have more in the series! Keep up the stellar work!
We just can’t give this game enough praise. This is the kind of feeling we want from every point and click adventure game. Comedy, suspense, intrigue, mystery, conspiracy, and above all, a deep desire to see more the whole time playing and to the very end. The puzzles all had adequate clues within the game to solve. We’ll admit we got stumped twice and looked for clues online, but overall, we were extremely impressed by the game’s ability to guide the player into critical thinking.
We loved this game. It is an excellent point-and-click adventure game. Our only critique is that the overall mythology of the game should have been fleshed out a little more.
If you’re into a game full of twists, turns, and mysteries, then you have come to the right place. Fan of Nancy Drew games? Perfect choice! Highly, highly recommend.
Yeah, loved it. Well developed characters and intriguing how story unfolds. A little bizarre in good ways… (maybe it’s just the forest and the owl but it reminded us of twin peaks here and there? Anyway…)
Extremely engrossing storyline. We finished the game in about 4 hours as we could not stop playing. Worth the cost. Awesome!
We had so much fun playing this game. This main character is charming and interesting. We believe the company changed the name from wadjet eye to raw fury?? Anyways, it is definitely the best game of theirs. Never regret purchasing their games.
Lots of fun for classic adventure game lovers.
If you get your excitement from fast paced action, this is not for you, but if you want a great story and enjoy old school adventure like Gabriel Knight, give this a shot. You won’t regret it.
Beautiful old school graphics and gameplay, a wonderful port to iOS and one of the all time best plots- story, puzzles, character development etc. The world needs more games from y’all and like this!