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Watch trailer on Steam ↗If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
Dead Idle Games · Published by Dead Idle Games
Content notice: This game contains references to thematic elements such as racism, homophobia, mental illness, murder and suicide.
Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% positive (2,842 reviews) · 15 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
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Adventure · 2021 · More free games
Explore the eerie masked ball on a winter's night through the eyes of four characters in this 2021 point-and-click adventure game by Dead Idle Games.
About this game
Four strangers. A train. A masked ball. A tale of dark and troubling things in four acts.
Laura Hunt: coding, writing, music, sound design.
Thomas Möhring: art, animations, cutscenes.
THE SILENT ROOM
In a luxurious hotel room in Rome, freshly arrived from Turin, Carlo awaits for his lover Patrick to arrive. However, as the shadow of fascism looms ever larger, the tension of meeting in constant hiding is beginning to take its toll.THE SLOW VANISHING OF LADY WINTERBOURNE
Lady Winterbourne has lost her husband in a tragic accident. Now letters from pretenders to her vast fortune keep arriving every day at her mansion, yet the only thing she's interested in is the bottle of laudanum in her cabinet.THE NAMELESS RITUAL
Harassed, ridiculed and belittled by his peers, Dr. Jordan Samuels has resorted to the occult sciences in a desperate attempt to turn the tables on his tormentors. But is he truly ready to face the Guardian of the Threshold?IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
As much as Laylah enjoys her job, sometimes she yearns for a bit of variety to distract her from her daily routine -- even if it means going against her very powerful bosses' orders.Controls:
- Left click = Walk / Talk / Look / Interact.
- Right click = Cancel item action.
- Esc = Pause / Options Menu.
- Alt + Enter = Toggle fullscreen mode.
- Alt + Ctrl = Toggle cursor lock when in windowed mode.
Brought to you by:
Laura Hunt: coding, writing, music, sound design.
Thomas Möhring: art, animations, cutscenes.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7 and above
- Processor: Dual-core processor and above
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics card with DirectX or OpenGL support
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound card with DirectSound support
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
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Introducing our upcoming game, The Many Sins of House Ocampo
Good news, everyone: the store page for our next game The Many Sins of House Ocampo is now online! In this mystery point and click adventure you'll play as Lucía, a young woman in 1977 Buenos Aires who discovers she's the last living descendant of the Ocampos, an Argentinian settler family rumoured to be beset by a terrible curse.Reliving the last moments of her ancestors via letters, tapes, documents and diaries, and using an interactive clue board to trace the fate of each family member, Lucía will not stop until figuring out the truth of the Ocampo curse, as well as her own origins.See more details and wishlist the game here:Read full article on Community Announcements (athousandtinypieces)AnnouncementsOfficial
Cloud saves now available!
Yes, I know, I know. We should have implemented this a very long time ago. But with IOAWN4T being such a short game that can be completed in a single play session or two, we didn't think it was necessary and simply moved on to other things. Now that more and more people are playing on their Steam Deck, however, we thought this could be a nice feature to have for those of you who like to switch between your main PC / laptop and your handheld, so there you go! Hope you enjoy this tiny update, and a belated happy new year to everybody! Laura & ThomasRead full article on Community Announcements (inlovewithglaciers)AnnouncementsOfficial
25% off the Supporter Pack DLC only until November 1!
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40510834/28a242ab14e1a69a25d135f5d5522650e77f0538.png If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is part of the Steam Scream fest! Since the game is already free, what better way to celebrate spooky season than to offer our biggest discount yet on our Supporter Pack DLC? Treat yourself to some gorgeous images, development curiosities and spine-chilling sounds and proudly support the independent game-making underground!Read full article on Community Announcements (inlovewithglaciers)Press Coverage
In just 2 hours, If On a Winter's Night, Four Travelers tells one of the best adventure game stories I've ever played
One of my favorite games of 2021 was completely and utterly free, took five minutes to install, and less than 2 hours to finish even when I purposefully took my time walking around and clicking on everything a dozen times. And yet it was one of the most enriching story-driven experiences I’ve had the pleasure of playing, wrapped up in a point-and-click adventure of remarkable depth. I’m talking about If On A Winter’s Night… Four Travelers made by Laura Hunt and Thomas Möhring under the banner of Dead Idle Games ... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Alexis Ong)AnnouncementsOfficial
Nominate IOAWN4T for the Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award!
If our tiny two-people game touched you in any way, please kindly consider nominating us for the Outstanding Story-Rich Game award so that we can reach even more hearts and souls. Let's show the world the true power of the independent game-making underground! "Can you imagine? Having to tell mum and everything?" {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40510834/6beb3a6a8b3cdd471dc478a1eabfbdabd7047181.gifRead full article on Community Announcements (inlovewithglaciers)
