Seven years ago, five heroes were brought together to save the world. Their success came at the cost of their leader's life; the secret behind it cost them their friendship.



Now they've been summoned for a new heroic quest.



if not us is about the moment when they realise everything isn't going to be okay.

The demo above includes two of the five vignettes.





Included on the Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List 2018



if not us [is] sort of like if you made Watchmen a D&D party of fantasy world saviours instead of superheroes...one of the best text-based games I found in the Itch.io Racial Justice Bundle - First Five



if not us is splendid; wonderful...it's five eulogies and five broken hearts, and again, and again. I cannot recommend it enough. - Damon Reece, lead writer of Necrobarista



if not us is a must-play for anyone who tells people's stories. It's sort of about what happens after destiny is done with you, and it plays with format phenomenally, and I love it. - Nissa Campbell



A collection of heartbreaking vignettes...obscure at times, but deliberately and productively so. - Cat Manning







Five short stories from five alternate timelines, each from the perspective of a different character and with new insight into the overarching narrative.

Each story has its own style of interaction: watch your life flash before your eyes, write a letter to your loved ones, plead your case, or just stand still and think for a while.

Some of our heroes may yet turn away from their deadly fates, some may succumb, and some may need convincing.

Nearly 30,000 words of branching narratives.

The stories in the anthology can be played in (nearly) any order, but you might find yourself revisiting one or two later with new insight.

I hope you like dramatic irony.

And big women with horns.





Director/writer/programmer: ruqiyah @pettyantics



Character design & art: @hiimshiny



Editing: saf @wanderlustin

Trailer music is "Requiem of the radboy" by Memphre.