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Krish Shrikumar · Published by Krish Shrikumar
Positive — 100% positive (18 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Uncover a beautiful story through a different kind of jigsaw puzzle where you piece together Maya's lost memories. Watch as her empty room transforms into a cosy, meaningful space filled with treasured keepsakes as you uncover her beautiful life.
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Indie, Casual · 2025 · More £5 - £15 games
Explore the story of Maya by assembling her memories in EMERGE. Piece together her lost past as her empty room transforms into a cozy, meaningful space filled with treasured keepsakes.
About this game
One night when you can't sleep, a dream spirit visits you, and offers to help you remember your beautiful life.
Mystery & Intrigue: Discover Maya's story, by piecing together her memories.
Flowing & relaxing: reimagination of jigsaw puzzle that feels flowing and wholesome.
Build Maya's Room: Transform Maya's room by unlocking keepsakes as you play.
Created by a BAFTA Nominated filmmaker.
PIECE TOGETHER MAYA'S MEMORIES
A reimagination of jigsaw puzzles where you piece together Maya's story through her lost memories. Lose yourself in layered, flowing, and wholesome gameplay that transforms as you play.
TRANSFORM HER ROOM WITH HER KEEPSAKES
Collect memory shards and use it to transform Maya's room into a cosy space that reflects her beautiful full life. Help Maya discover that her life was never truly empty, but vibrant with meaning.
DISCOVER A STORY OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE
Piece together over 17 chapter of her life, discover her beautiful story. Discover a secret about her life that is filled with mystery and intrigue.
STORY
Each puzzle is a memory of Maya that you piece together to discover her story.
A story about belonging, love, loss and meaning.
A game that explores the effects of mental degeneration.
From the Dev
Emerge is a game I created during a deeply personal experience caring for my grandmother during her neurodegenerative decline. This game is an exploration of the nature of memories, and what it means to lose them. I'm a solo dev from Edinburgh, Scotland. I hope you enjoy Emerge.
AI Notice
This game does not use any generative AI content.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel core i3-2100T @ 2.5GHz/AMD FX 6100, or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7750 2GB
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K; AMD Ryzen 3 1300x or equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960; AMD R9 290 or equivalent
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.015 - Better dreams
Hello Friends, First patch. I've redesigned a couple of the dreams to make them a bit easier to do. The uniform colors were are not the best! Feedback received! Few other fixes: - Relax mode flow mode no longer shows weird symbols - Relax mode no longer shows somna earnings - Tweaked the merging a bit to make it less error prone - UI fixes and optimisations including spelling/text - Story age and text fixes, quite a few were wrong - Fixed blurred textures on some of the books in your room - other minor bug fixes Thank you all who got on board early and supported this game! Super apprecaitive! Hope you all have a great weekend. If you need any help just drop an email to hello@playne.com or hit me up on discord! Thanks, Krish.Read full article on Community Announcements (Krish)AnnouncementsOfficial
EMERGE Launched!
Hello Friends, EMERGE is finally out on Steam! Get Emerge now with 10% Launch Discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2206730 ABOUT EMERGE 8 - 12 hours of relaxing, wholesome gameplay Follow Maya’s life from childhood to old age A re-imagination of jigsaw puzzles with a meaningful story Earn shards to turn Maya's empty room into one full of memories Inspired by my personal experience caring for my gran during her neurological decline Launch Day LIVE Stream + Q&A I’m live on Steam just now (18:00 UK / 10:00 PT / 13:00 ET) Come by and say hello! (you’ll see the stream on top of the Steam store page :) Thank you for every wishlist, playtest bug report, and encouraging message along the way. I couldn’t have shipped this without all your help. Super grateful! Much Love, KrishRead full article on Community Announcements (Krish)AnnouncementsOfficial
EMERGE Launches Tomorrow
My game EMERGE finally goes live on Steam tommorrow at 10am UK time. If you plan to get it, please please please hit the Wishlist button now. Two quick reasons: Steam will email you the minute the 10 percent launch discount starts. Your wishlist will boost the game’s visibility. I'm a self-published solo dev, so this would be a HUGE help! ABOUT EMERGE 8 to 12 hours of relaxing, wholesome gameplay A reimagination of jigsaw puzzles, but with a meaningful story Earn shards to transform Maya's empty room into one full of memories Inspired by my personal experience caring for my gran during her neurological decline Store page to wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2206730 If you know someone who loves cozy or meaningful indies then please share the link. I would be deeply appreciate of you spreading the word! Thank you for continuing to support my games, love you all. KrishRead full article on Community Announcements (Krish)AnnouncementsOfficial
Streaming Maya's Dream
Hello, The stream is recorded, but I am here, so feel free to ask any questions you might have. Thanks, Krish.Read full article on Community Announcements (Krish)AnnouncementsOfficial
Maya's Dream Livestream
Hello Friends, Just going to post a recording of the live stream for Maya's Dream demoRead full article on Community Announcements (Krish)
