$12.99If Found...
December 1993 on Achill Island: Kasio comes home from Dublin, fills a diary with family fights, crushes, kisses and a punk show, then starts rubbing it all out as a black hole closes in. A short, hand-drawn story about coming out and holding on, told by erasing.
Is If Found... worth it?
If Found... is worth it if…
- you like short, story-first games you finish in an evening
- you want a trans coming-out story about family, friends and first love
- you like hand-drawn art with a soft, wistful soundtrack
- you enjoy simple interaction that serves the story rather than challenge
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Erase a diary to read it
You spend most of the game with an eraser in hand. You rub out Kasio's hand-drawn journal page by page — handwriting, sketches, whole rooms — and the next memory appears underneath. It is slow, quiet work, and the point lands without spelling it out: letting go hurts.
Late in the game the motion flips, and you write instead of erase. You fill in small choices about what comes next, then draw how Kasio looks going forward. The soundtrack stays soft and homey underneath it all, and the whole thing runs a couple of hours, best taken in one sitting.
One cold December with room to breathe
The story covers one month: Kasio back in the west of Ireland for Christmas, clashing with her mother and brother, finding shelter with other outcasts in a crumbling mansion, plus a cute dog and a break-in. Between chapters you cut to Cassiopeia, a space captain trying to stop the black hole swallowing Earth, with Jupiter hanging in the background.
The cast is small and easy to follow, the tone moves between confusion and happiness without rushing. There are no puzzles to solve and no way to fail. You sit back, erase, read, and let the happy and painful moments stack up toward New Year's Eve.
What should you know before playing?
How long is it, and how does it play moment to moment?
About two to three hours, in one straight line. You erase each journal scene to move forward, with a full-erase option when your wrist gets tired, and make a few small writing and drawing choices near the end. No failing, no branching paths, no fast reactions needed.
What is the story actually about?
Kasio, newly finished with her master's in Dublin, returns to Achill Island in December 1993 and records fights with her family, new friendships, awkward crushes and kisses. That runs alongside Cassiopeia's attempt to stop a black hole from destroying the world. The two threads meet on December 31st in the ruined mansion.
Does it get dark?
Yes, in places. It deals with rejection at home, trans identity in an unaccepting place and time, and thoughts of giving up, alongside warmth, humour and friendship. The ending leans hopeful, with a short epilogue that fills in where the characters land.
Do you need to like sci-fi to enjoy the space parts?
Not really. The black hole and the captain read as a mirror for what Kasio is going through rather than hard science fiction. If you take them as metaphor, they stay out of the way of the diary story.
